Goodpaster Claims Group

The Goodpaster Claims Group is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 315 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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