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Bonanza-Klondike-Hunker

Past Producer in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065835
MRDS ID TC41266
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza-Klondike-Hunker

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -138.63589, 63.99982 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 605-859 (AU)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -138.63589, 63.99982
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STREAM GRAVELS 4-10 FT DEEP COVERED WITH 2-40 FT OF ORGANIC-RICH SILT; GRAVELS CONTAIN PEBBLES AND BOULDERS OF QUARTZ SCHIST, SEDIMENTARY, VOLCANIC AND INTRUSIVE ROCKS, ALL LOCALLY DERIVED; BENCH GRAVELS UP TO 100 FT THICK; GOLD FOUND AT BASE OF MOST GRAVELS ALTHOUGH DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT SOME GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Dawson

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Yukon

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED ABOUT 1896; PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 100 TONNES GOLD TO 1907 FROM EARLY DRIFT MINING AND SHOVELING NOT INCLUDED IN THIS ESTIMATE; ROCKERS WERE USED TO WORK BENCH GRAVELS BEFORE DREDGING BEGAN; DREDGING BEGAN IN 1901; BEST PRODUCTION WAS FROM STREAM GRAVELS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GLEESON, 1970; MCCONNELL, 1907; MCFARLAND, 1965; ANONYMOUS, 1981; COCKFIELD, 1931; BOSTOCK, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1957; SKINNER, 1961, 1962; GREEN AND GODWIN, 1964; GREEN, 1965, 1966; FINDLAY, 1967, 1969; DEBICKI, 1982, 1983.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER AREA INCLUDES ELDORADO, GOLD BOTTOM, AND BEAR CREEKS; NUGGETS RARE, USUALLY 0.5 OZ BUT AS LARGE AS 6.5 OZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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