Goldbottom Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097499
MRDS ID A011038
Record type Site
Current site name Goldbottom Gulch Placer
Related records 10100954

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.13223, 67.4883 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI NE OF MIDNIGHT DOME ON SW SIDE OF HAMMOND RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 011W 30 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION AT JUNCTION WITH HAMMOND RIVER. EXTENT OF PLACER LIKELY WITHIN .5 MI OF LOCATION. 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

Analytical data

Result GOLD FINENESS 890.

Nearby scientific data

(1) DPxacs

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Koyukuk District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 600 TO 700 FT AT MOUTH PROFITABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 532, P. 69, 96-97.

  • Deposit

    REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P. 58-59.

  • Production

    USGS BULL 532, P. 69.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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