| Deposit ID | 10002618 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A015055 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Glen Gulch |
| Alternate or previous names | Mohawk |
| Geographic coordinates: | -157.90265, 62.4994 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SEE LOCATION COMMENTS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Iditarod B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iditarod C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Mercury | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -157.90265, 62.4994 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | A.G. Maddren |
| District name | Iditarod |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015055 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | ID114 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015050 |
BROOKS, A.H., 1916, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 649, 67 P.
MALONEY, R.P., 1962, TRENCHING AND SAMPLING OF THE RHYOLITE MERCURY PROSPECT, KUSKOKWIM RIVER BASIN, ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6141, 43 P.
COBB, E.H., COMPILER, 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-363, SCALE 1:250,000.
COBB, E.H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL) IN THE IDITAROD AND OPHIR QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-576, 101 P.
USGS BULL. 864-C P. 242
USBM REPT. INV. 5991, P. 5-8.
BAG-MF-363-11A
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEIN UNCOVERED DURING PLACER MINING IS 2-12 IN. THICK. VEIN FILLS A FISSURE IN MONZONITE AND CONTAINS GRANULAR AGGREGATES OF STIBNITE. BUNDTZEN AND OTHERS (1992) REPORTED VALUES UP TO 0.251 OZ/TON AU; 29.73 OZ/TON AG, AND 36.7% SB. EPITHERMAL VEIN: DISSEMINATED STIBNITE. |
| Deposit | SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE GLEN GULCH FROM GOLDEN HORN IN OLD REPORTS. |
| Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1987 | Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | ARDF AND MRDS MERGED RECORD |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1994 | Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 06-MAR-1998 | Mason, George | U.S. Geological Survey |
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