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American 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002737
MRDS ID A015187
Record type Site
Current site name American Gulch Placer
Related records 10233089

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.93924, 65.27596 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanana B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-371, LOC. 14. HEADWATER TRIBUTARY OF LYNX GULCH, WHICH WAS CALLED GRANT CREEK IN 1911. 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) -152.93924, 65.27596
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE, BASALTIC GREENSTONE, CHERT, AND CHLORITIC SCHIST, PROBABLY OF MIDDLE PALEOZOIC AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Melozitna

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF SUCCESSFUL MINING. DEAD WORK ONLY, 1917. GOOD PLACER GOLD PROSPECTS REPORTED, 1911.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNFROZEN AURIFEROUS GRAVEL 10-12 FT. DEEP.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 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-MAY-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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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