The Cox Gulch Placer is a gold and tin mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Cox Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cox Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tin
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: 1927
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: YEILD OF GOLD REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT .02 OZ. PER FT.2 OF BEDROCK.
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): EU OF 5 CONCENTRATE SAMPLES WAS .001% TO .006%.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-405, LOC 5. DEPOSIT ALONG COX GULCH, AN UNMARKED (ON RUBY (C-5)) SW FLOWING HEADWATER TRIBUTARY OF BIG CREEK; APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NNW OF BOSTON DOME. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): GOLD AND CASSITERITE IN STREAM PLACER. GROUND ABOUT 30 FT. DEEP; 15 FT. EACH OF GRAVEL AND MUCK. PAYSTREAK SAID TO BE ABOUT 30 FT. WIDE AND 1,000 FT. LONG.
Comment (Geology): NO KNOWN GRANITE CONTACT IN VALLEY. ; REG.COM: PLACER PROBABLY CLOSE TO LODE SOURCE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT UNKNOWN, A GOOD APPROXIMATION WOULD BE 75-100 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 (Development): MINING REPORTED IN 1927 AND 1929. MINOR WORK CONTINUED INTO THE 1940'S. NO SIGNS OF RECENT ACTIVITY IN 1975-77.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (C-5), LOC. 5.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 239, P. 37, 40, 44-46.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 85.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-170, P. 21
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