The Goodpaster Claims Group is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 315 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 315 Feet (96 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 60.75, -149.48333
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Goodpaster Claims Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goodpaster Claims Group
Secondary: Anthony
Secondary: Big Rock
Secondary: Big Slide
Secondary: Blue Moon
Secondary: Boston Bar Esperanto
Secondary: Fourth of July. Gold Bar
Secondary: Independence
Secondary: Lucky Strike Luna
Secondary: Walker
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Seward 3rd Jud. Dist. (Moose Pass-Hope District)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Chugach
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: H. Deac Goodpaster
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1848
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SCATTERED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Kenai Mountains
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: FS: PROFITABLE MINING OF CLAIMS NOT POSSIBLE.
Comment (Production): HIGH GRADE POCKETS EXHAUSTED BY 1896.
Comment (Workings): 12 PLACER CLAIMS (CONTIGUOUS)
Comment (Location): TOTAL CLAIM AREA ABOUT 234 ACRES. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): HEBANTA, AND JONES, H.W., 1961, DECEMBER 1961.
Reference (Production): USGS, FS
Reference (Deposit): MOFFIT, F. H., 1906, GOLD FIELDS OF THE TURNAGAIN ARM REGION. USGS SURVEY BULL. 277. P. 37.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, B. L., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KANAI PENINSULA, ALASKA. USGS BULL. 587. P. 203.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 849 - I
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 907.
Reference (Deposit): 1906 OTHER MOFFIT, F. H. AREA NOT GOOD PRODUCER
Reference (Deposit): 1911 OTHER JOHNSON, B. L. AREA NOT GOOD PRODUCER
Reference (Deposit): 1961 OTHER FS, RECOMMENDATION THAT GOVT MANAGE SURFACE RESOURCES.
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