Glen Gulch Placer

The Glen Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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

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Orebody

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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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