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Lofty 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000580
MRDS ID A011029
Record type Site
Current site name Lofty Gulch Placer
Related records 10184874

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.08862, 67.48859 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NORTHEAST OF MIDNIGHT DOME. SW TRIBUTARY TO HAMMOND RIVER., Within Quarter Mile, Within Quarter Mile

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
031N 011W 30 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION AT JUNCTION WITH HAMMOND RIVER. PLACER LIKELY TO BE WITHIN QUARTER MI OF 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) -150.08862, 67.48859
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Koyukuk District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 76-340, P. 127.

  • Deposit

    REEP, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P. 57.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY WAS MINED IN THE EARLY 1900S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-84 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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