Victor Gulch

The Victor Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Victor Gulch
Secondary: Victor Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Innoko

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dacitic to andesitic dikes are highly altered and some of the fractured material is pyritized (Mertie, 1936; B 864-C).

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer mining on Victor Gulch was nearly continuous from 1920 until 1937, and has been intermittent since that time (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-576; Roehm, 1937). In 1950, Fowler reported a 2-nozzle bulldozer and hydraulic operation on Victor Gulch.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mertie, 1936 (B 864-C)

Comment (Production): Production Notes = The production from Victor Gulch from 1920 to 1958 was 2,690 ounces of gold and 332 ounces of silver (Bundtzen and others, 1987).

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

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also Spruce Creek (OP026), Little Creek (OP019), Tamarack Creek (OP027), Ophir Creek (OP030), and Anvil Creek (OP025).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rock in the vicinity of the Victor Gulch placer mine is mainly slate with vertical cleavage. The slate is cut by numerous fine-grained, fractured, and highly altered dacitic and andesitic dikes. Some of the fractured material is pyritized (Mertie, 1936).? the thickness of overburden ranges from 25 to 40 feet; the gold is on, or in crevices in, bedrock. Many gold nuggets are present and some quartz in the gravel contains free gold (Mertie, 1936). The gold is 881 fine (Smith, 1941). Cinnabar occurs in the concentrates (Mertie, 1936).? Placer mining on Victor Gulch was nearly continuous from 1920 until 1937, and has been intermittent since that time (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-576]; Roehm, 1937). Production from Victor Gulch from 1920 to 1958 was 2,690 ounces of gold and 332 ounces of silver (Bundtzen and others, 1987).? Also see OP019, OP025-027, and OP030.

References

Reference (Deposit): Roehm, J.C., 1937, Summary report of mining investigations in the Innoko, Mt. McKinley, Knik, and Talkeetna precincts: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Itinerary Report 195-17, 16 p.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alaska's mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p.

Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.

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): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 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): Brooks, A.H., 1922, The Alaska mining industry in 1920: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722-A, p. 1-74.

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