The Snow Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Snow Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snow Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
Discovery Year: 1898
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): MORE THAN $1,000,000 IN AU PRODUCED: 1899-1900; PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ.; BROOKS AND OTHERS 1901, P. 75.
Comment (Deposit): GRADIENT: 150 FT/MI ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): ENTIRE GULCH LIES WITHIN 1500 FT RADIUS OF LOCATION. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): EXTENSIVELY MINED BY HYDRAULIC METHODS.
Comment (Deposit): AU AND SCHEELITE IN GRAVELS 3-4 FT DEEP; HYDRAULICALLY MINED FOR 3000 FT OVER WIDTH OF 150 FT TO DEPTH OF 6 FT.
Comment (Workings): REPORTEDLY WORKED OUT BY 1903.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: CHLORITIC SCHIST NEAR MOUTH, LIMESTONE NEAR HEAD. ; REG.COM: DERIVED FROM LODES NEAR HEAD AND HIGH BENCH GRAVELS OF DEXTER HILL.
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-101
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4174, P. 33.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 17, P. 5-6.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 77, 85.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 195.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS AND OTHERS, 1901, USGS SPEC. PUB., P. 25-69-75.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 83, 89.
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