The Hopeful Gulch Placer Occurrence is a mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Hopeful Gulch Placer Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hopeful Gulch Placer Occurrence
Commodity
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tungsten
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: Occurrence
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: Bismuthinite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Wolframite
Comments
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 APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): USGS MF-381, LOC. 2. TRIBUTARY OF UNGALIK RIVER NEAR BONANZA CREEK. ABANDONED MINE CAMP NEXT TO CREEK MARKED ON NORTON BAY (C-4). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): TERRITORY OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF MINES PAMPHLET NO. 5-R, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 80.
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