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Broxon Gulch 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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097509
MRDS ID A011819
Record type Site
Current site name Broxon Gulch Placer
Related records 10113065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.09024, 63.32688 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes(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

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: ADGGS GR 14, FIGURE 2 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4 TO 7 COLORS PER PAN NOTED BY ADGGS PERSONNEL

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.09024, 63.32688
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBLY A RECONCENTRATION OF GLACIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delta River

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Archie Broxson

Comments on the workings information

  • EQUIPMENT SCATTERED AROUND AND MORE THAN 2 MI OF DITCHES

Comments on development

  • WAS PLACER MINING, PROBABLY IN ABOUT 1940; AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SITE OF PLACER MINING; NO DATA ON DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) 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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