Gold Run Placer

The Gold Run Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Run Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hot Springs

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: 1900
Discovery Year: 1899
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: FINENESS REPORTEDLY ABOUT 775 PARTS AU.

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 39. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF PLACER GROUND ABOUT 750 FT. UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): GROUND STAKED IN 1899. MINED INTERMITTANTLY UNTIL AT LEAST 1973. PAY STREAK DRIFTED FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD FOUND IN THE LOWER PART OF GRAVEL AND IN CREVICES IN THE UPPER 3-4 FT. OF BEDROCK. GRAVEL 16-18 FT. THICK BENEATH 2 FT. OF MUCK.

Comment (Workings): ALLUVIUM FROZEN

Comment (Geology): SMALL, FREQUENTLY DRY, OPEN, SHALLOW VALLEY THAT CUTS THE GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL OF THE WESTERN PART OF SHIRLEY BAR. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS CARBONACEOUS SCHISTOSE GRIT, SLATE, GRAYWACKE, SILTSTONE, AND SHALE. ; REG.COM: GOLD RECONCENTRATED FROM AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OF SHIRLEY BAR AND THOUGHT TO BE DERIVED FROM LOCAL BEDROCK SOURCE.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 200-300 FT. PER MILE. ENOUGH WATER FOR SLUICING ONLY WHEN SNOW IS MELTING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (A-1), LOC. 39

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 337, P. 82, 87, 89-90, 96, 98

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 259, P. 115, 118

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 844-D, P. 200-201.

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