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Goodwin Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003218
MRDS ID A016029
Record type Site
Current site name Goodwin Gulch Placer
Alternate or previous names Goodwin Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.90454, 65.58758 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF GOODWIN CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wales Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • MOUTH OF GOODWIN GULCH (ON GOODWIN CREEK); SEE DEPOSIT DESC. COMMENTS FOR EXTENT OF PLACER TIN. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Analytical data

Result SN CONTENT OF COMPOSITE PLACER SAMPLES (CONCENTRATES FROM USBM DRILLING PROGRAM): 58.5% SN

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.90454, 65.58758
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: SN DERIVED FROM CASSITERITE-BEARING LENTICULAR PODS IN LIMESTONE IN SMALL AREA AT HEAD OF SOUTH HEADWATER FORK OF GOODWIN GULCH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • COMBINED WITH CAPE CR. PROD.

Comments on development

  • MINED MOST YEARS: 1924-42; HYDRAULIC OPERATON; GRAVEL HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO GOODWIN CR. OR BERING SEA BEACH TO BE PROCESSED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE IN NARROW GRAVEL DEPOSIT EXTENDING FROM MOUTH OF GOODWIN GULCH 4500 FT UPSTREAM AND 1000 FT DOWNSTREAM ALONG GOODWIN CR.; CASSITERITE ABUNDANT IN SOUTH HEADWATER FORK, V. LITTLE IN NORTH FORK.
Deposit SEE ALSO: (CAPE CREEK) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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-SEP-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald 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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