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New York Gulch Placer

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002743
MRDS ID A015194
Record type Site
Current site name New York Gulch Placer
Related records 10232964

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.16278, 65.10321 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanana A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana 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-371, LOC. 21. DEPOSIT ALONG NEW YORK GULCH, A SW FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF AMERICAN CREEK. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Picotite Gangue
Gold Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.16278, 65.10321
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hot Springs

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING OR MINING REPORTED IN 1921, 1926, AND 1931.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM PLACER
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
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-MAY-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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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