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Hanshaw Bar 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000589
MRDS ID A011041
Record type Site
Current site name Hanshaw Bar Placer
Related records 10185158

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.46995, 66.99968 (WGS84)
Elevation 338
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI UPSTREAM FROM IRONSIDE BAR., Within 1 Mi Of Location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bettles D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bettles NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bettles(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

Comments on the location information

  • NW SIDE OF MIDDLE FORK KOYUKUK RIVER. 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

Analytical data

Result GOLD FINENESS 907.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.46995, 66.99968
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GRAVEL
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: FALSE BEDROCK OF CLAYEY SAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Koyukuk District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Glenn, William And Clark, Fred
    First year 1937

Comments on development

  • EXPL.COM: SLUICE BOX. PRODUCES 23 CENTS PER SQ FT. USING ARE. THICKNESS OF2.5 FT, THE PLACER GRADE WAS 2.48 DOLLARS PER CU YD [ .071 TOZ/CU YD OR2.9 G/CU M ].

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 76-340, P. 116

  • Deposit

    REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P. 155.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT GRAVELS WHICH ARE 2 TO 3 FT THICK. DEPOSIT IS HIGH-WATER BAR IN THE RIVER CHANNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-84 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-95 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

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