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Sulphur-Gold Run

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 10065851
MRDS ID TC41288
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur-Gold Run

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -138.83587, 63.66647 (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

  • 797-860 (AU)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -138.83587, 63.66647
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • YELLOW GRAVELS WITH LARGE ANGULAR AU UPSTREAM AND SMALL FLAKY ROUGH AU GRAINS DOWNSTREAM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dawson

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1895-1907 NOT INCLUDED IN THIS ESTIMATE, BUT PROBABLY ON THE ORDER OF 15 TONNES AU; DREDGING ENDED IN 1966.

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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 BENCHES ABSENT ON SULPHUR CREEK AND POORLY DEVELOPED ON GOLD RUN CREEK.

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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