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John Bull Hill

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002548
MRDS ID A013491
Record type Site
Current site name John Bull Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.93339, 65.90939 (WGS84)
Relative position The John Bull Hill hillside placer mine is on the right bank of Candle Creek, just above its confluence with Kiwalik River. The placer extends southwest from Kiwalik River parallel to Candle Creek for about a mile. The map site is in section 24, T. 6 N., R. 16 W., of the Kateel River Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.93339, 65.90939
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The John Bull Hill mine is an area of extensive, hillside placers along the right bank of Candle Creek near the mouth. Data from 53 drill holes showed 15 to 60 feet of ice and muck, 0 to 18 feet of barren gravel, 0 to 25 feet of auriferous gravel, 1 to 29 feet total gravel and 0 to 13 feet of auriferous bedrock. Averages of the drillhole data are: 35.0 feet ice and muck, 4.2 feet barren gravel, 6.7 feet auriferous gravel and 3.1 feet auriferous bedrock. Three of the holes bottomed in limestone bedrock and the others bottomed in decomposed schist (Henshaw, 1909). All ground is frozen. A gold nugget worth $62.10 (Au at $20.67 per ounce) was found. Concentrates contain abundant pyrite, hematite, rutile, occasional garnet, and little magnetite.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Production statistics

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Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Arctic Circle Enterprises estimated gold reserves on John Bull Hill to be 8,500 ounces in 1952 (Williams, 1998).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The placer has been mined since the early 1900's. Exploration was by drifting and drilling. Mining through the 1950's was mainly by hydraulic methods. All the ground in the area is frozen and requires stripping and thawing prior to mining. Since the 1980's the area has been open-cut mined by front end loaders.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Henshaw, 1909; Williams, 1998

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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