Bettles Bars Placer

The Bettles Bars Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bettles Bars Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

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Holdings

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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 (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Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF MINES UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 163-164, 1938.

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