The Dry Gulch Platinum Placer is a pge mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 200 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 200 Feet (61 Meters)
Commodity: PGE
Lat, Long: 58.9225, -161.73556
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Dry Gulch Platinum Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Gulch Platinum Placer
Commodity
Primary: PGE
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Goodnews Bay
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1927
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Gold
Unknown: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK CONSISTS OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF TERT-MES GOODNEWS BAY ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLATINUM IS GOODNEWS BAY ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX AT HEAD OF CREEK ON RED MTN.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT IS 500 FT/MI. TRIBUTARY OF PLATINUM CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON SIZE OR CHARACTERISTICS OF PLACER OR PAYSTREAK.
Comment (Workings): DRAGLINE EXCAVATOR USED FOR OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-362, LOC. 12 (APPROXIMATE LOCATION). LOCATION IS AT MOUTH OF DRY GULCH. PLACER EXTENDS UPSTREAM NW LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE MINING FROM 1927-34, WORKED BY CLARA CREEK MINING CO USING DRAGLINE EXCAVATOR UNTIL MINED OUT IN 1940 OR 1941. NO CLAIMS ESTABLISHED.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-362, LOC. 12 (1972)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 80-909, P. 18 (1980)
Reference (Deposit): USGS P 938, P. 4, 5, 23 (1976)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 918, P. 57, 58 (1940)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-362-12
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