The Archibald Gulch Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Archibald Gulch Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Archibald Gulch Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
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
Analytical Data: AVG. FINENESS: 904-90
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS CONFLUENCE OF ARCHIBALD GULCH AND NOLAN CREEK; RECENT MINING HAS CONCENTRATED ON BENCHES AT MOUTH OF ARCHIBALD GULCH LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING: 1903-1909, 1927, 1933-39, 1974, AND 1984; 20 UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): CREEK AND BENCH PLACERS BY HAND AND HYDRAULIC METHODS; DRIFT MINING IN BURIED CHANNEL; GRAVEL FROZEN
Comment (Geology): GRAVELS IN BOTH THE MODERN STREAM AND OLD CHANNEL DEPOSITS ARE COARSE AND SUBANGULAR; NUMEROUS BOULDERS IN STREAM GRAVELS; BOULDERS RARE IN CHANNEL DEPOSIT ; MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST BEDROCK
Comment (Deposit): MOST PRODUCTION WAS FROM BURIED CHANNELS; SEE ALSO: NOLAN CREEK; REPORT OF A STIBNITE VEIN BEING UNCOVERED DURING DRIFT MINING ON ARCHIBALD CR. IN USBM RI 4173, P. 38 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): PRESENT STREAM GRAVELS 5-12 FT DEEP; DEEPLY BURIED CHANNEL 5 TO 14 FT WIDE CONTAINING 7-9 FT OF FROZEN GRAVEL IN 25 FT DEEP DRIFT; BENCH GRAVELS BEING MINED IN 1974
References
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 158, NO. 33, 37
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR 38, P. 23
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 532, P. 69, 92-93
Reference (Deposit): REED, IRVING MCK., 1938, UPPER KOYUKUK REGION, ALASKA: UNPUBLISHED TDM REPORT, P.
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8626, P. 7
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