Gold Bench

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Lead, Mercury, Silver, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium
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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280124
MRDS ID A000326
MAS/MILS ID 0020390001
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bench

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -150.63658, 66.98027 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Location accuracy 500(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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bettles NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bettles(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 025 N 014 W 21 E2SWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -150.63658, 66.98027

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1946

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Description 247 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 7682.55g
  • Year 1946
    Description 1929 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 59998.61g
  • Year 1949
    Description 82 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2550.48g
  • Year 1949
    Description 43,000 Yards Processed. 800 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 24882.78g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 039-003

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 039-010

  • Deposit

    P20 pp. 101-102

  • Deposit

    B442q pp. 292, 311-312

  • Deposit

    B532 pp. 70, 105-107

  • Deposit

    C195 pp. 8, 10-11

  • Deposit

    OF51 p. 95

  • Deposit

    C248 pp. 3, 5, 13, 15

  • Deposit

    C348 pp. 16, 18-19

  • Deposit

    P530 p. 110

  • Deposit

    MF387

  • Deposit

    OF508 pp. 87-88

  • Deposit

    B1374 pp. 159-160

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Dwb 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.