Minnie Gulch

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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 10308873
MRDS ID A015051
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Gulch
Related records 10002614

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.94393, 62.4474 (WGS84)
Relative position See USBM Report INV 5991, Fig 3.; 2 miles ESE of Flat.; Accurate within 1,500 ft.; Locality shown in Maloney (1962) is approximately 1/2 mi. west of the site described by Bundtzen and others (1992) as Minnie Gulch.

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)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.94393, 62.4474

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Thin quartz stringers less than 2 inches wide contain small pockets of visible cinnabar and gold.; monzonite bedrock deeply weathered. Maximum .24 oz./ton Au and .24% Hg.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Iditarod

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface: trench

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Maloney, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal vein

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-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

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