Quartz Gulch

The Quartz Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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