Dry Gulch Platinum Placer

The Dry Gulch Platinum Placer is a pge mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 200 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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