Goodwin Gulch Placer

The Goodwin Gulch Placer is a tin mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Goodwin Gulch Placer
Secondary: Goodwin Creek

Commodity

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
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: SN CONTENT OF COMPOSITE PLACER SAMPLES (CONCENTRATES FROM USBM DRILLING PROGRAM): 58.5% SN

Materials

Ore: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: (CAPE CREEK) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Location): MOUTH OF GOODWIN GULCH (ON GOODWIN CREEK); SEE DEPOSIT DESC. COMMENTS FOR EXTENT OF PLACER TIN. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): COMBINED WITH CAPE CR. PROD.

Comment (Development): MINED MOST YEARS: 1924-42; HYDRAULIC OPERATON; GRAVEL HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO GOODWIN CR. OR BERING SEA BEACH TO BE PROCESSED.

Comment (Deposit): CASSITERITE IN NARROW GRAVEL DEPOSIT EXTENDING FROM MOUTH OF GOODWIN GULCH 4500 FT UPSTREAM AND 1000 FT DOWNSTREAM ALONG GOODWIN CR.; CASSITERITE ABUNDANT IN SOUTH HEADWATER FORK, V. LITTLE IN NORTH FORK.

Comment (Geology): REG.COM: SN DERIVED FROM CASSITERITE-BEARING LENTICULAR PODS IN LIMESTONE IN SMALL AREA AT HEAD OF SOUTH HEADWATER FORK OF GOODWIN GULCH.

References

Reference (Deposit): UGSG OFR 77-796-B, P. 4, LOC. 8.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-24

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 844-A, P. 69.

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4345, P. 4, 6-7, 11.

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 7878, P. 1-2, 7, 14-15, 17-18, 67-68.

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 6737, P. 8, 11, 18-19, 23, 29, 32.

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