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Glen Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Tungsten
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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. 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 10002634
MRDS ID A015074
Record type Site
Current site name Glen Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.93265, 62.44801 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(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

  • USGS MF-363, LOC 31. DEPOSIT LOCATED UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH OF GLEN GULCH, A NW FLOWING TRIBUTARY TO OTTER CREEK. 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
Mercury Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Cinnabar Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.93265, 62.44801
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED QUARTZ STRINGERS ON SLOPE WEST OF CREEK CONTAINED ARSENOPYRITE AND SCHEELITE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MONZONITE, CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1911

Mining district

District name Iditarod

Comments on development

  • FIRST WORKED BY DRIFTING AND LATER REWORKED BY OPEN-CUT HYDRAULIC METHODS. USBM TRENCHES DUG IN 1956. NUMEROUS VEINS AND VEINLETS, SOME WITH FAIR GOLD VALUES, WERE UNCOVERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-363 (B-4), LOC 31.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 864-C, P. 218-219.

  • Deposit

    USBM REPT. INV. 5991, P. 8, 9, 17-20.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-363-31A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD OCCURS MAINLY ON BEDROCK; ALSO IN TOP 2-3 FT. OF BLOCKY BEDROCK AND LOWER 3 FT. OF GRAVEL. OVERBURDEN 10-27 FT. THICK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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