The Minnie Gulch is a gold and mercury mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Minnie Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnie Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Iditarod
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
Discovery Year: 1956
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: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): SURFACE: TRENCH
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): SEE USBM REPORT INV 5991, FIG 3.; 2 MILES ESE OF FLAT.; ACCURATE WITHIN 1,500 FT.; LOCALITY SHOWN IN MALONEY (1962) IS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MI. WEST OF THE SITE DESCRIBED BY BUNDTZEN AND OTHERS (1992) AS MINNIE GULCH.
Comment (Deposit): THIN QUARTZ STRINGERS LESS THAN 2 INCHES WIDE CONTAIN SMALL POCKETS OF VISIBLE CINNABAR AND GOLD.; MONZONITE BEDROCK DEEPLY WEATHERED. MAXIMUM .24 OZ./TON AU AND .24% HG.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): MALONEY, R.P., 1962, TRENCHING AND SAMPLING OF THE RHYOLITE MERCURY PROSPECT, KUSKOKWIM RIVER BASIN, ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6141, 43 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): BUNDTZEN, T.K., MILLER, M.L., LAIRD, G.M., AND BULL, K.F., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDITAROD MINING DISTRICT, IDITAROD B-4 AND EASTERN B-5 QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS PROFESSIONAL REPORT 97, 46 P., 2 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-363 (B-4), LOC. 9.
Reference (Deposit): USBM REPT. INV. 5991, P. 7, 12.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-363-9
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