Hanshaw Bar Placer

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

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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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