The Glen Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Glen Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glen Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tungsten
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZED QUARTZ STRINGERS ON SLOPE WEST OF CREEK CONTAINED ARSENOPYRITE AND SCHEELITE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MONZONITE, CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-363, LOC 31. DEPOSIT LOCATED UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH OF GLEN GULCH, A NW FLOWING TRIBUTARY TO OTTER CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): FIRST WORKED BY DRIFTING AND LATER REWORKED BY OPEN-CUT HYDRAULIC METHODS. USBM TRENCHES DUG IN 1956. NUMEROUS VEINS AND VEINLETS, SOME WITH FAIR GOLD VALUES, WERE UNCOVERED.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD OCCURS MAINLY ON BEDROCK; ALSO IN TOP 2-3 FT. OF BLOCKY BEDROCK AND LOWER 3 FT. OF GRAVEL. OVERBURDEN 10-27 FT. THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-363 (B-4), LOC 31.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 864-C, P. 218-219.
Reference (Deposit): USBM REPT. INV. 5991, P. 8, 9, 17-20.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-363-31A
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