Lucky Gulch Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lucky Gulch Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Eagle

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Year Last Production: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Unknown: Platinum

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM PLACER. GRAINS OF PLATINUM FOUND IN PLACER CONCENTRATES.

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Geology): LUCKY GULCH HEADS AGAINST ELDORADO CREEK. LUCKY GULCH A TRIBUTARY TO FOX CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, AND SHALE. ; REG.COM: LUCKY GULCH IS SOURCE OF GOLD IN FOX CREEK. SOURCE OF GOLD FOR LUCKY GULCH BELIEVED TO BE AURIFEROUS TERTIARY CONGLOMERATES IN LOCALLY RICH AREA NEAR HEAD OF LUCKY GULCH.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 30. 3 MILES NORTH OF SEVENTYMILE RIVER. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTRAL POINT OF PLACER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): MINING IN 1912, 1926, 1937-39. DRIFT MINING, 1912.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (D-2), LOC. 30

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 198

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-30

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