Queen Gulch

The Queen Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Queen Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Aniak

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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Mined about 1915; production lumped with that for Donlin Creek: see Donlin Creek, ID162.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary/Quaternary

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cady and others, 1955

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface; Lyman Resources of Alaska ran an auger-drill program on Queen Gulch in 1994. They also mined 7,000 cubic yards of pay

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient about 200 feet per mile. Lyman Resources leased the Queen Gulch ground from Calista in 1994

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Gold is in bench gravels SE of Crooked Creek. Benches are entrenched 15-30 ft. by Queen Gulch, causing reconcentration from bench gravels.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer: reconcentrated bench

References

Reference (Deposit): Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.

Reference (Deposit): Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough A.H., Henning, M.W., and Hansen E.W., 1994, Alaska's mineral industry 1994: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 49, 77 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Iditarod quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-363, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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