The Hanshaw Bar Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,109 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: 1,109 Feet (338 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 67.00001, -150.46667
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Hanshaw Bar Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hanshaw Bar 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
Owner Name: Glenn, William And Clark, Fred
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: GRAVEL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD FINENESS 907.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): NW SIDE OF MIDDLE FORK KOYUKUK RIVER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): EXPL.COM: SLUICE BOX. PRODUCES 23 CENTS PER SQ FT. USING ARE. THICKNESS OF2.5 FT, THE PLACER GRADE WAS 2.48 DOLLARS PER CU YD [ .071 TOZ/CU YD OR2.9 G/CU M ].
Comment (Deposit): GOLD DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT GRAVELS WHICH ARE 2 TO 3 FT THICK. DEPOSIT IS HIGH-WATER BAR IN THE RIVER CHANNEL.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: FALSE BEDROCK OF CLAYEY SAND.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 76-340, P. 116
Reference (Deposit): REED, 1938, ALASKA DEPT OF MINES UNPUBL REPT, P. 155.
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