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Dalton Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002751
MRDS ID A015205
Record type Site
Current site name Dalton Gulch Placer
Related records 10136420

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.84056, 65.09628 (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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(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. 32. DEPOSIT ALONG DALTON CREEK 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH. 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
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PER CUBIC YARD RECOVERY FROM CHANNEL SAMPLES OF A TAILING PILE AVERAGED 10.28 LB. CONCENTRATE, 3.90 LB. SN AND .014 OZ. AU.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.84056, 65.09628
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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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.16HA

Comments on development

  • MINING, 1910 TO WWI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AND CASSITERITE IN BENCH PLACER. BEDROCK TERRACED WITH RICHEST PLACER CONCENTRATIONS ON STEEPEST SLOPES. MOST PAY STREAKS ARE SMALL AND DISCONTINUOUS. GRAVEL 2-4 FT. THICK; OVERBURDEN ABOUT 60 FT. THICK. A LITTLE CASSITERITE AND GOLD IN OLD DUMPS EAST OF CREEK.
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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