The Miller Gulch Placer is a gold and tin mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Miller Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Miller Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tin
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: Alaska
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: 1912
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1912
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
Analytical Data: ANALYSES OF CHANNEL SAMPLES OF TAILINGS PILES INDICATED PER CUBIC YD. RECOVERY OF 2.635 LB. CONCENTRATE CONTAINING .775 LB. TIN, .0175 LB. NB2O5, AND .0175 OZ. AU. CONCENTRATE SAMPLES SHOWED .2-7.0% NB2O5.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Columbite
Comments
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK SURFACE MARKED BY BOLD SCARPS WITHOUT SURFACE EXPRESSION. GRAVEL TAILINGS CONTAIN MORE BRECCIATED QUARTZ COBBLES WITH BROWN TOURMALINE AND CASSITERITE THAN ON CREEKS TO THE EAST. BEDROCK SURFACE SLOPES GENTLY TO SOUTH.
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 100 FT. PER MILE. MILLER GULCH IS A SE FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF SULLIVAN CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 27. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR PLACER CENTER ADJACENT TO LANDING STRIP MARKED IN THE SW CORNER OF TANANA (A-2). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): GOLD DISCOVERED BY DRILLING PROGRAM IN 1912. SPORADIC DRIFT MINING AND RESLUICING OF OLD TAILINGS PILES UNTIL 1940. CHURN-DRILL SAMPLING BY THE U.S.B.M.
Comment (Deposit): OLD CHANNEL CUT ACCROSS A SERIES OF TERRACES IN BEDROCK WITH LOCAL ENRICHMENT AT EACH CHANNEL-TERRACE SCARP INTERSECTION. PAY GRAVEL IN NARROW, FAIRLY CONTINUOUS PAY STREAK BENEATH 35-120 FT. OF MUCK.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (A-2), LOC. 27
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1058-I, P. 370, 373-74, 384-85, 410.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5373, P. 6-8, 12-13.
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