Dalton Gulch

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Silver, Tin
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136420
MRDS ID A015205
MAS/MILS ID 0020480019
Record type Site
Current site name Dalton Gulch
Alternate or previous names Dalton Creek
Related records 10002751

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -150.84246, 65.09901 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanana A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 003 N 016 W 08 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -150.84246, 65.09901

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Description 414 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 12876.84g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THRU 1956 PRODUCED 466 OZ AU, 3,000 LB CASSITERITE CONC. TAILINGS PILE CONTAINS 0.57 G/CU-M AU, 346 G/CU-M SN IN 23,000 CU METERS OF TAILINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1991 Mirl U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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