Bear Gulch

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038087
MRDS ID M045364
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.33664, 65.34939 (WGS84)
Relative position 45 MI SE OF CANDLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Spinel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.33664, 65.34939

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyuk District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRINGTON, 1919C, P. 395 (B692)

  • Deposit

    GAULT AND OTHERS, 1953, P. 3-4, 8 (C250)

  • Deposit

    COBB, 1972, P. 46 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    COBB, 1972 (MF389)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.