Gold Run

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Tungsten, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103635
MRDS ID M045403
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Run
Alternate or previous names Bartholomae Oil Corporation, Fidgeland Bros., Martinson and Associates, Metalsmith Mines Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.20334, 65.05761 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 MILES SOUTH OF TELLER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Teller Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.20334, 65.05761

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, RICHARDSON, AND COLLIER, 1901, P. 128, 131

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1908, P. 229 (B345)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1909A, P. 298-299 (B379)

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1918D, P. 455 (B662)

  • Deposit

    5) CATHCART, 1920, P. 189 (B712)

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 17 (B783)

  • Deposit

    7) SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 27 (B797)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 36 (B810)

  • Deposit

    9) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 42-43 (B813)

  • Deposit

    10) SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 47-48 (B824)

  • Deposit

    11) SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 49 (B836)

  • Deposit

    12) SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 50 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    13) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 47 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    14) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 52 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    15) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 54 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    16) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 56-57, 62 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    17) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 64, 71 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    18) SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 71, 77 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    19) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 69, 75 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    20) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 65, 71 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    21) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 62-63, 68 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    22) ANDERSON, ESKIL, 1947, P. 43-44 (TDM 5-R)

  • Deposit

    23) WHITE, M. G., WEST, AND MATZKO, 1953, P. 1

  • Deposit

    24) SAINSBURY AND OTHERS, 1969, P. 15-16 (OF 377)

  • Deposit

    25) COBB, 1972, P. 53 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    26) COBB AND SAINSBURY, 1972 (MF 426)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.