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Clara Gulch Placer

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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000556
MRDS ID A011000
Record type Site
Current site name Clara Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.14303, 67.30636 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF THE VILLAGE OF COLDFOOT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028N 012W Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER LIKELY 1.5 MILES BOTH UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM LOCATION. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.14303, 67.30636
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 4827.9M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Koyukuk District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED AS "MINED...BY HALF A DOZEN MEN...OBTAINED...SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS."

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY MINED WITH PAN AND SIMPLE SLUICE; PROPERTY WAS AT LEAST ACTIVE 1900-01, 1934.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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