The Snow Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Snow Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snow Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
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: 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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Cassiterite
Gangue: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Scheelite
Gangue: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary/Quaternary
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cady and others, 1955
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Gold is in stream gravel and also in bench gravels SE of Donlin Creek that have been entrenched 15-30 ft. by Snow Gulch, causing reconcentration from older bench placers. Concentrates contain cinnabar, scheelite, stibnite,cassiterite, and pyrite.; Snow Gulch is the only tributary to Donlin or Crooked Creeks on which placer gold is deposited along the stream cut.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Discovered in 1909; production between 1910-12 amounted to 235 oz. Au. Property worked intermittently to present.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient about 100 feet per mile.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer: bench, stream
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): Maddren, A.G., 1915, Gold placers of the lower Kuskokwim with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 292-360.
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.
Reference (Deposit): Maddren, A.G., 1915, Gold placers of the lower Kuskokwim, with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 292-360.
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