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Squaw Gulch Placer

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 10002723
MRDS ID A015171
Record type Site
Current site name Squaw Gulch Placer
Related records 10136460

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.1721, 64.14699 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 24 MILES ENE OF CHICKEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 73. ABOUT 1.5 MILES UPSTREAM FROM CANYON CREEK CONFLUENCE. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER OF TAILINGS MARKED ON EAGLE (A-1). 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.1721, 64.14699
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. R. Strickler
    Home office 8125 E. 2nd Ave., Anchorage, Ak. 99511
    First year 1975

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTANT MINING FROM EARLY 1900'S UNTIL AT LEAST 1975.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FEET 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.
Deposit GOLD IN LOWER 1.5 FT. OF 3-10 FT. THICK GRAVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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