Snow Gulch

The Snow Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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