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Sawyer Gulch Placer

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094012
MRDS ID A011943
Record type Site
Current site name Sawyer Gulch Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.20499, 67.34997 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Reference Point In Placered Area, Reference Point In Placered Area, Reference Point In Placered Area, Reference Point In Placered Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(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

  • ARBITRARILY CHOSEN POINT ON SAWYER CREEK; LOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS UNKNOWN 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.20499, 67.34997
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSE GRAVEL WITH MANY LARGE BOULDERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 2 PLACER CLAIMS, ACTIVE YEARS: 1957, 1959, 1970-79; PROSPECTS REPORTED AS EARLY AS 1913, AND PROSPECTING IN 1936, BUT APPARENTLY NO MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS OF GOLD REPORTED, BUT TOO MANY LARGE BOULDERS IN GRAVEL
Deposit SEE ALSO: EMMA CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-86 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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