Donlin Bench

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Mercury, Tin, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002628
MRDS ID A015066
Record type Site
Current site name Donlin Bench
Alternate or previous names Donlin Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.21984, 62.07438 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-363, LOC. 22. PLACER 1/2 TO 1 MILE SE AND PARALLEL TO DONLIN CREEK, FROM DOME CREEK TO LONGITUDE 158 DEG. W.; ACCURATE WITHIN 2.000 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Cassiterite Gangue
Cinnabar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Scheelite Gangue
Stibnite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.21984, 62.07438

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1955

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the production information

  • MUCH OF RECORDED PRODUCTION IS ACTUALLY FOR SIDE GULCHES ALONG WHICH BENCH GOLD WAS RECONCENTRATED. PROD. UP TO 1955 > $125,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE: HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MADDREN, A.G., 1915, GOLD PLACERS OF THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM WITH A NOTE ON COPPER IN THE RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS, IN SMITH AND MADDREN, THE LAKE CLARK-IDITAROD AND KUSKOKWIM REGIONS, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 622-H, P. 292-360.

  • Deposit

    CADY, W.M., WALLACE, R.E., HOARE, J.M., AND WEBBER, E.J., 1955, THE CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 268, 132 P.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-367 (A-5), LOC. 22.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-367-22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS IN BENCH GRAVELS SE OF DONLIN CREEK THAT HAVE BEEN ENTRENCHED 15-30 FT. BY TRIBUTARY GULCHES, CAUSING RECONCENTRATION FROM BENCH GRAVELS.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FEET PER MILE.
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-MAR-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

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