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Specimen Gulch

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002058
MRDS ID A012908
Record type Site
Current site name Specimen Gulch
Related records 10281825

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.38327, 64.57567 (WGS84)
Relative position Specimen Gulch is a southwest-flowing seasonal tributary of Anvil Creek. It is below the high-level or bench deposits of the Summit claim (NM247). The map location is at an elevation of about 350 feet at about the midpoint of Specimen Gulch in the south-central part of section 36, T. 10 S., R. 34 W., Kateel River Meridian. The location is locality 48 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463]); it is accurate to within about 500 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.38327, 64.57567
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Specimen Gulch heads in the high-bench gravels near the Summit claim (NM247); it also crosses a major east-side bench of Anvil Creek. Both the Summit and Anvil Creek bench placers contributed gold to the shallow deposits in Specimen Gulch (Collier and others, 1908, p. 191; Moffit, 1913, p. 84). In Specimen Gulch, gold occurred throughout an 8-foot section beneath a 1-foot muck layer. The gold was bright, coarse and not well waterworn (Collier and others, 1908, p. 191). In lower Specimen Gulch, bedrock is mainly graphitic schist, possibly between strands of the Anvil Creek fault (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]). Upper Specimen Gulch is underlain by orthogneiss and metavolcanic schist (Bundtzen and others, 1994). The area has been mined repeatedly from 1899 until the present.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Extensive surface workings. The area has been mined since 1899.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Moffit, 1913

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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