Granite Gulch

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tin, Tungsten
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184618
MAS/MILS ID 0020500377
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -145.21854, 65.51643 (WGS84)
Elevation 572
Location accuracy 10(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

Circle C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 008 N 012 E 14 NWSWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -145.21854, 65.51643

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Mining district

District name Circle District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 57-79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BUMINES PAN CONCENTRATE SAMPLE YIELDED >10000 PPM SN AND 3100 PPM W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1991 Djb 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.