| Deposit ID | 10280124 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A000326 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0020390001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Bench |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -150.63658, 66.98027 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 287 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bettles D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Bettles NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bettles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks | 025 N | 014 W | 21 | E2SWNE | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -150.63658, 66.98027 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1946 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Year | 1946 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 247 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1946 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 1929 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 82 Troy Ounces Silver | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 43,000 Yards Processed. 800 Troy Ounces Gold | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0020390001 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A000326 | MAS references MRDS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 12-FEB-1988 | Dwb | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.