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Florence Bar 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003048
MRDS ID A015572
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Bar Placer
Related records 10112282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.34075, 65.94678 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(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

Melozitna D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Melozitna N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Melozitna C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

K'oyitl'ots'ina, Limited(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-396, LOC. 2. DEPOSIT IN BAR OF KOYUKUK RIVER NEAR ROCK ISLAND POINT. 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
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.34075, 65.94678
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM THE GROUP OF ROCKS THAT HAS BEEN PROVISIONALLY MAPPED AS BELONGING TO THE KOYUKUK GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • MINING SOMETIME IN THE 1890'S. DEPOSIT KNOWN SINCE THE EARLY 1890'S, IF NOT BEFORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY SMALL PIECES OF GOLD THAT HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FOUND IN BAR OF THE KOYUKUK RIVER. LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THE ORIGIN OR MODE OF OCCURRENCE OF THESE PLACERS.
Deposit RIVER GRADIENT UNDER 5 FEET 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-JUL-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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