Glen Gulch

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10002618
MRDS ID A015055
Record type Site
Current site name Glen Gulch
Alternate or previous names Mohawk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.90265, 62.4994 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS-MF-363, LOC. 11: DEPOSIT 4.5 MILES N OF CHICKEN MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.90265, 62.4994

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer A.G. Maddren

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Iditarod

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.