The American Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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American Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Melozitna
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
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
Comments
Comment (Deposit): UNFROZEN AURIFEROUS GRAVEL 10-12 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 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 (Development): NO RECORD OF SUCCESSFUL MINING. DEAD WORK ONLY, 1917. GOOD PLACER GOLD PROSPECTS REPORTED, 1911.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 14. HEADWATER TRIBUTARY OF LYNX GULCH, WHICH WAS CALLED GRANT CREEK IN 1911. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE, BASALTIC GREENSTONE, CHERT, AND CHLORITIC SCHIST, PROBABLY OF MIDDLE PALEOZOIC AGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (B-6), LOC. 14
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 535, P. 34.
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