The Keefers Bar Placer Occurrence is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 36 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 36 Feet (11 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 58.90667, -157.74806
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Keefers Bar Placer Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keefers Bar Placer Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-442, LOC. 1. LOCATION IS 1 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM SCANDINAVIAN SLOUGH ON NUSHAGAK RIVER, ON WEST BANK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.
Comment (Deposit): FLOUR GOLD MAY BE PANNED ON KEELERS BAR ON THE NUSHAGAK RIVER.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: QUAT SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-442, LOC. 1 (1972)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 80-909, P. 38 (1980)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 903, P. 91 (1938)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-442-1
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