The Swift Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 67.48889, -150.12111
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Swift Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Swift Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): PLACER WITHIN 1 MILE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM LOCATION. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS AT MINIMUM ACTIVE IN 1902-04, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1927.MINING BY HAND.
Comment (Deposit): ONE HIGH CHANNEL PROBABLY FORMED BY HAMMOND RIVER.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 532, P. 69, 96-97
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 76-340, P. 159
Reference (Deposit): REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P. 56-57.
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 532, P. 69.
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