Bedrock Gulch

The Bedrock Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Bedrock Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Innoko

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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The area of Bedrock Gulch is underlain by undivided clastic rocks (Chapman and others, 1987). The thickness of pay gravel in the 1950's was 3-4 feet, and it was covered by 7 to 8 feet of muck and overburden. Saunders (1960) noted that Mr. Lindquist, the operator, expected to finish placer mining that area in 1959 and then move 3 or 4 miles downstream and continue mining. Smith (1937) reports active non-dredge mining along Bedrock Gulch in 1935. The next report of mining is in 1959 (Saunders, 1960).

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Saunders, 1960

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Smith (1937) reports non-dredge mining along Bedrock Gulch in 1935. The next mention of mining is in 1959, when Saunders (1960) reports that Hjalmar Lindquist was mining the upper portion of the gulch with a TD-14 tractor. Mr. Lindquist expected to finish mining that area in 1959 and then move 3 or 4 miles downstream and continue mining.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

References

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1937, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1935: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880-A, p. 1-95.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-367, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Economic Geology Monograph #9, Mineral Deposits of Alaska, p. 242-286.

Reference (Deposit): Saunders, R.H., 1960, Itinerary report on a trip to the Flat and Ophir Districts: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Itinerary Report 64-2, 15 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.

Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., Patton, W.W., and Moll, E.J., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-203, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.

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