The Bear Gulch Placer is a gold and platinum mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Bear Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Platinum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyuk
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
Ore: Platinum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-389, LOC. 42. PLACER GROUND NEAR FORKS OF BEAR GULCH (UNNAMED ON CANDLE (B-5)), A EASTWARD FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF SWEEPSTAKES CR. DRAINING THE NE FLANK OF BEAR MOUNTAIN. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): GOLD REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MINED NEAR FORKS.
Comment (Deposit): A LITTLE PLATINUM AND UNDOUBTEDLY SOME GOLD HAS BEEN REMOVED NEAR FORKS.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAPPED AS PRE-CRETACEOUS ANDESITE TUFFS AND FLOWS.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-389 (B-5), LOC. 42.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 692, P. 395.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 250, P. 3-4.
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