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Lucky Gulch

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038089
MRDS ID M045366
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.56943, 64.94978 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SEVENTY MILE RIVER 17 MI W. OF CAN. BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.56943, 64.94978
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1912, 1926, 1937, 1939

Mining district

District name Eagle District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 3218.6M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELLSWORTH AND DAVENPORT, 1913, P. 219 (B542)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 23 (B797)

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1938A, P. 198 (B897-C)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 57 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    5) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 56 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 54 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    7) MERTIE, 1942, P. 250 (B917-D)

  • Deposit

    8) JOESTING, 1942, P. 20 (TDM 1)

  • Deposit

    9) COBB, 1972, P. 69 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    10) COBB, 1972 (MF 393)

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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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