The Grubstake Gulch Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Grubstake Gulch Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grubstake Gulch Area
Secondary: Includes: Gubstake Gulch
Secondary: Willow Creek
Secondary: Homestake Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Willow Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 10 SQ MI.; INCLUDES HOMESTAKE CREEK, WILLOW CREEK AND LOWER PORTION OF CRAIGIE CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): ABOUT 60 THOUSAND OUNCES OF PLACER GOLD PRODUCED FROM THIS AREA.
Comment (Production): ABOUT HALF OF TOTAL PRODUCTION OF WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT ACCOUNTED FOR BY THIS AREA'S PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): MINING WAS STILL IN PROGRESS IN 1969
Comment (Deposit): CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN ONE HALF OF DISTRICT PRODUCTION CAME FROM OPERATIONS ON GRUBSTAKE GULCH AND THE PART OF WILLOW CREEK IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE MOUTH OF GRUBSTAKE GULCH
Comment (Workings): BENCH GRAVELS CONTAIN PANNABLE FREE GOLD, BUT BOULDERS MAKE MINING DIFFICULT
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: MICA SCHIST ; REG.COM: LODE DEPOSIT (NEAR THORPE MINE) AT FORK OF GRUBSTAKE GULCH, AN LODE DEPOSITS DRAINING INTO WILLOW CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1374, P. 19
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 7
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