The Glen Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Glen Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glen Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ruby
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-405, LOC. 16. PLACER GROUND FOR ENTIRE 2.5 MILE LENGTH OF GLEN GULCH, A TRIBUTARY OF FLINT CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF PLACERS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): NEAR HEAD MINING WAS BY OPEN CUTS; FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF ABOVE MOUTH WHERE ALLUVIUM WAS FROZEN, DRIFT MINING. 6 CLAIMS WORKED IN 1912.
Comment (Deposit): GRAVEL GOLD BEARING FOR ENTIRE 2.5 MI. LENGTH OF CREEK; PAY SPOTTY; SOME RICH PLACES. ALLUVIUM 10-15 FT. DEEP AND UNFROZEN NEAR HEAD; 25-30 FT. THICK AND FROZEN FARTHER DOWNSTREAM. GRAVEL 1-7 FT. THICK 1.5 MILES ABOVE MOUTH. GOLD IN BOTTOM FOOT OF GRAVEL OR IN SHATTERED BEDROCK.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECTING SHAFTS SUNK ABOUT 50 FT. TO BEDROCK ON BENCH NEAR MOUTH, APPARENTLY WITHOUT SATISFACTORY RESULTS.
Comment (Geology): SLATE AND SCHIST BEDROCK NEAR MARGIN OF GRANITE BODY. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK SCHIST AND SLATE. ; REG.COM: PROBABLE LODE SOURCE WAS ON THE RIDGE TO WEST DRAINED BY GLEN GULCH.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 150-200 FT. PER MILE. CREEK PROBABLY MINED OUT SOON AFTER 1915. ; 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 642, P. 246.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 578, P. 40.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 86, LOC. 24.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (B-5), LOC. 16
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