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Ruby 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001093
MRDS ID A011778
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Gulch Placer
Related records 10137112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.76629, 63.16024 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS ARBITRARILY CHOSEN POINT ON RUBY GULCH 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) -144.76629, 63.16024
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL DERIVED FROM SHALE OF MANKOMEN FORMATION AND TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE AT HEAD OF CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • LITTLE, IF ANY, MINING SINCE ABOUT 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM GRAVELS NEAR HEAD OF CREEK, 2-4 FT DEEP AND 20-40 FT WIDE; AU ALSO AT HEAD OF ALLUVIAL FAN, ON THIN LAYER OF FALSE CLAY BEDROCK
Deposit DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO MILLER GULCH BUT MUCH LESS AURIFEROUS; SEE ALSO: CHISNA R. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 <LEONARD, K.R. (ELLIOTT, R.L.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mason, G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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