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Shirley Bar Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Mercury
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  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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002761
MRDS ID A015218
Record type Site
Current site name Shirley Bar Placer
Related records 10111601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.25805, 65.18295 (WGS84)

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-1(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. 39. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR MINE MARKED BETWEEN GOLD RUN AND GLEN CREEKS IN TANANA (A-1). 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
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Barite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Picotite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Cinnabar Unknown
Galena Unknown

Analytical data

Result FINENESS ABOUT 792 AU AND 204 AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.25805, 65.18295
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GENTLY SLOPING BENCH BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND CR. AND LOWER EUREKA CREEK, COVERED BY A SHALLOW DEPOSIT OF GRAVEL, WHICH IN PLACES IS GOLD BEARING. ; REG.COM: SHIRLEY BAR CONTRIBUTES GOLD TO GULCHES TO FORM HIGH GRADE PLACERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Hot Springs

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • SPORADIC MINING FROM 1901-38. MINED IN 1931 BY A HYDRAULIC PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHIRLEY BAR CUT BY GOLD RUN AND GLENN CREEKS WITH GRADIENTS FROM 200-300 FT. PER MILE. WATER IS SCARCE IN SUMMER. ; 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.
Deposit GOLD THROUGHOUT GRAVEL, ON BEDROCK, OR ON A THIN LAYER OF RESIDUAL CLAY ON BEDROCK. GRAVEL 2-10 FT. THICK. LARGEST NUGGETS FOUND NEAR SURFACE.

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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