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Bettles Bars 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097578
MRDS ID A015624
Record type Site
Current site name Bettles Bars Placer
Related records 10183114

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.67413, 66.9102 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(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

Bettles D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bettles NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bettles C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Evansville, Incorporated(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-387, LOC. 2. DEPOSITS IN GRAVEL BARS ACROSS THE KAYUKUK RIVER FROM THE VILLAGE OF BETTLES; ABOUT .5 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF JOHN RIVER. 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) -151.67413, 66.9102
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ONE MAN SAID TO HAVE RECOVERED ABOUT 17 FINE AU IN 2 WEEKS.

Comments on development

  • SMALL-SCALE MINING; SOME IN 1937.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-387 (D-4), LOC. 2.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-94, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF MINES UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 163-164, 1938.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY FINE GOLD IN TOP FEW FEET OF DEPOSIT OF COBBLES IN FINE SAND ABOUT 15 FT. ABOVE LOW-WATER LEVEL; COBBLES CAPPED BY FINE RIVER SAND AND SILT.
Deposit RIVER GRADIENT VERY LOW. ; 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-AUG-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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