Miller Gulch Placers

The Miller Gulch Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Miller Gulch Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: VALVE OF AU REPORTED AS 18.00 TO 18.50 DOLLARS/OZ, WITH PRICE OF GOLD AT 20.67/FINE OZ, THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO FINENESS OF APPROXIMATELY 870 TO 895, USGS BULL 213, P. 74
Analytical Data: PT RECOVERED INCIDENTAL TO GOLD MINING, AMOUNT OF PT EQUAL TO ABOUT 1% OF THE AMOUNT OF AU PRODUCED

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Gangue: Cinnabar
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Development): MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1900; MOST ACTIVITY WAS BEFORE 1907

Comment (Deposit): MAJOR PRODUCER OF THE DISTRICT; SEE ALSO: SLATE CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ARBITRARILY CHOSEN POINT ON MILLER GULCH; CLAIMS COVERED MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF DRAINAGE; SOME INDIVIDUAL PLACER OPERATIONS SHOWN ON ADGGS GR 28, FIGURE 1 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRAVELS 4 TO 8 FT DEEP, 200 TO 300 FT WIDE NEAR MOUTH, TAPERING TO 4 TO 5 FT WIDE NEAR SOURCE; RICHEST PLACER IN DISTRICT; SEE: SLATE CREEK PLACER

Comment (Geology): TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE AT HEAD OF CREEK UNCONFORMABLY OVERLIES MANKOMEN FORMATION ; MAJOR.UNITS: MAINLY UPPER PALEOZOIC MANKOMEN FORMATION ; REG.COM: PROXIMAL SOURCE: TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE AT HEAD OF CREEK; ULTIMATE SOURCE PROBABLY METAMORPHIC-IGNEOUS TERRANE N OF DENALI FAULT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 213, P. 71-74

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 15, P. 49, 52-53

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 943-B, P. 27, 29, 33

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 989-D, P. 191-193

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 28, P. 23-25

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 26-28

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