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Buckeye 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000588
MRDS ID A011040
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.10473, 67.4997 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MI N OF MIDNIGHT DOME ON W SIDE OF HAMMOND RIVER.

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 19;24 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION AT JUNCTION WITH HAMMOND RIVER. EXTENT OF PLACER LIKELY WITHIN .5 MI OF LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.10473, 67.4997
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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

Comments on development

  • GOLD PRODUCED WAS 6 TO 10 DOLLARS PER MAN PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 532, P. 69, 96-97.

  • Deposit

    REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P. 56.

  • Production

    USGS BULL 532, P. 69.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROFITABLE GROUND AT THE MOUTH; BENCH PORTION CAUSED BY HAMMOND RIVER.

Reporter information

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

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