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Fox Gulch

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258620
MRDS ID A010289
MAS/MILS ID 0021010007
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Gulch
Alternate or previous names Culver and Saylor, Shenbeck and Beaton, W. W. Johnson, H. D. Huff, Fox Creek
Related records 10000249

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -161.13601, 59.35147 (WGS84)
Elevation 136
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodnews Bay B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goodnews Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Togiak National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 009 S 070 W 31 C Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -161.13601, 59.35147
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 61M
    Width 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Date of Last Modification 890725

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 1941

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Comments on the ownership information

  • Previous Owners:Culver and Saylor, 1935 Shonbeck and Beaton, 1936 W.W. Johnson, 1937 R.D. Huff, 1941

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Description 1098 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 34151.62g
  • Year 1941
    Description 793 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 24665.06g
  • Year 1950
    Description 11 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 342.13g
  • Year 1950
    Description 2,500 Yards Processed. 74 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2301.65g
  • Year 1955
    Description 3 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 93.31g
  • Year 1955
    Description 17 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 528.75g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 101-019

  • Deposit

    B897A p. 59

  • Deposit

    I339

  • Deposit

    P630 pp. 89-90

  • Deposit

    MF447

  • Deposit

    OF77-156 p. 34

  • Deposit

    B1139 p. 111

  • Deposit

    OF77-168D p. 47

  • Deposit

    MR101-2 p. 14

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 370706 p. 5

  • Deposit

    MR101-3 p. 27-28

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 390701 p. 6

  • Deposit

    BMOF1-88 pp. 6-7,14,16-17,19,21,24,28,44-45,127-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Small hydraulicking and drilling conducted. Approximately 20,000 cu. yd. of gravel mined. Gold fineness is 885 (Roehm, 1938)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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