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Goodpaster Claims Group

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108910
MRDS ID FS00035
Record type Site
Current site name Goodpaster Claims Group
Alternate or previous names Anthony, Big Rock, Big Slide, Blue Moon, Boston Bar Esperanto, Fourth of July. Gold Bar, Independence, Lucky Strike Luna, Walker

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.48593, 60.74953 (WGS84)
Elevation 96
Relative position BETWEEN 2.5 AND 5 MILES NORTH OF HOPE JUNCTION. 3 MILES S OF ABANDONED TOWN OF SUNRISE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • TOTAL CLAIM AREA ABOUT 234 ACRES. 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.48593, 60.74953
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kenai Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1848
Discoverer James Neuman, Gordon Mc Cann, Lavinia Mc Cann

Mining district

District name Seward 3rd Jud. Dist. (Moose Pass-Hope District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Chugach

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. Deac Goodpaster

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH GRADE POCKETS EXHAUSTED BY 1896.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 94.7HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 12 PLACER CLAIMS (CONTIGUOUS)

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FS: PROFITABLE MINING OF CLAIMS NOT POSSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, F. H., 1906, GOLD FIELDS OF THE TURNAGAIN ARM REGION. USGS SURVEY BULL. 277. P. 37.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, B. L., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KANAI PENINSULA, ALASKA. USGS BULL. 587. P. 203.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 849 - I

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 907.

  • Deposit

    1906 OTHER MOFFIT, F. H. AREA NOT GOOD PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    1911 OTHER JOHNSON, B. L. AREA NOT GOOD PRODUCER

  • Deposit

    1961 OTHER FS, RECOMMENDATION THAT GOVT MANAGE SURFACE RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    HEBANTA, AND JONES, H.W., 1961, DECEMBER 1961.

  • Production

    USGS, FS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Sierk, Betty M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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