Murray Gulch

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112467
MRDS ID A013424
MAS/MILS ID 0020820011
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Gulch
Alternate or previous names New York Creek
Related records 10100572

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -158.59866, 61.56376 (WGS84)
Elevation 90
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sleetmute C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sleetmute NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sleetmute(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 017 N 051 W 18 C Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -158.59866, 61.56376

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Paul Rice
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dobnik, Adolph
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • USGS CRIB A003219. GOLD DISCOVERED IN MURRAY GULCH 1910. A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS PRODUCTION SINCE 1910 (P268).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-91 Mirl U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.