The Bettles Bars Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Bettles Bars Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bettles Bars Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): ONE MAN SAID TO HAVE RECOVERED ABOUT 17 FINE AU IN 2 WEEKS.
Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE MINING; SOME IN 1937.
Comment (Deposit): VERY FINE GOLD IN TOP FEW FEET OF DEPOSIT OF COBBLES IN FINE SAND ABOUT 15 FT. ABOVE LOW-WATER LEVEL; COBBLES CAPPED BY FINE RIVER SAND AND SILT.
Comment (Deposit): RIVER GRADIENT VERY LOW. ; 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 (Location): USGS MF-387, LOC. 2. DEPOSITS IN GRAVEL BARS ACROSS THE KAYUKUK RIVER FROM THE VILLAGE OF BETTLES; ABOUT .5 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF JOHN RIVER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-387 (D-4), LOC. 2.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-94, P. 7.
Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF MINES UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 163-164, 1938.
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