Fay Gulch Placer

The Fay Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fay Gulch Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Discovery Year: 1901
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

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF FAY CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 1903-1909 WAS VALUED AT $30,000.00; EQUIVALENT TO 1,450 FINE OZ AU AT 1909 PRICE OF GOLD [$20.67/FINE OZ]; NO DATA ON TOTAL PRODUCTION

Comment (Development): MINED BY SMALL-SCALE OPERATORS 1903-1937, PROBABLY NOT CONTINUOUSLY; MOST ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S; SOME "RECENT" (POST-WW2) MINING

Comment (Workings): DRIFTS ON BURIED CHANNEL DEPOSIT [20 FT TO BEDROCK]; PRESENT STREAM CHANNEL AND OLD BURIED CHANNEL CONSIDERED TO BE MINED OUT IN 1937; GRAVELS WERE PERMANENTLY FROZEN

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: SMITH CR. DOME ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): MINING OF MODERN STREAM GRAVELS, BURIED CHANNEL DEPOSIT AND REMNANTS OF HIGH CHANNEL HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS TRIB. TO NOLAN CR.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 532, P. 69, 92-94

Reference (Deposit): REED, IRVING MCK., 1938, UPPER KOYUKUK REGION, ALASKA: UNPUB. TDM REPORT, P. 77-78

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 200

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8626, P. 7

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 158, NO. 29

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