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Lucky Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  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 10002691
MRDS ID A015133
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Gulch Placer
Related records 10281878

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.58748, 64.94978 (WGS84)
Relative position 14.5 MILES NW OF EAGLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(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-393, LOC. 30. 3 MILES NORTH OF SEVENTYMILE RIVER. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTRAL POINT OF PLACER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.58748, 64.94978
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LUCKY GULCH HEADS AGAINST ELDORADO CREEK. LUCKY GULCH A TRIBUTARY TO FOX CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, AND SHALE. ; REG.COM: LUCKY GULCH IS SOURCE OF GOLD IN FOX CREEK. SOURCE OF GOLD FOR LUCKY GULCH BELIEVED TO BE AURIFEROUS TERTIARY CONGLOMERATES IN LOCALLY RICH AREA NEAR HEAD OF LUCKY GULCH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Eagle

Comments on development

  • MINING IN 1912, 1926, 1937-39. DRIFT MINING, 1912.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM PLACER. GRAINS OF PLATINUM FOUND IN PLACER CONCENTRATES.
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

Beyond USGS

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

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