Glen Gulch

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308870
MRDS ID A015055
Record type Site
Current site name Glen Gulch
Alternate or previous names Mohawk
Related records 10002618

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.90293, 62.4994 (WGS84)
Relative position USGS-MF-363, Loc. 11: Deposit 4.5 miles N of Chicken Mtn.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.90293, 62.4994

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Quartz vein uncovered during placer mining is 2-12 in. thick. Vein fills a fissure in monzonite and contains granular aggregates of stibnite. Bundtzen and others (1992) reported values up to 0.251 oz/ton Au; 29.73 oz/ton Ag, and 36.7% Sb.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Iditarod

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1992

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal vein: disseminated stibnite
Deposit Other Comments = Sometimes difficult to separate Glen Gulch from Golden Horn in old reports.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Powers, M.T.; Huber, D.F.; Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.