The Quartz Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Quartz Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Aniak
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:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Scheelite
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Cassiterite
Gangue: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Maddren, 1915
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Production 1910-15 was about 1,760 oz. Au
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Gold is probably reconcentrated from Donlin Creek bench. Overburden is 6-25 ft. thick. Productive area is confined to area near mouth of creek.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient about 200 feet per mile.
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = Concentrates include magnetite
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer
Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary/Quaternary
References
Reference (Deposit): Maddren, A.G., 1915, Gold placers of the lower Kuskokwim with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 292-360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Iditarod quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-363, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.
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