The Gold Bottom Assn. is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.5522, -148.42080
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Gold Bottom Assn. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bottom Assn.
Secondary: Corgan Prospect
Secondary: Goodluck Creek
Secondary: Lucky Gulch
Secondary: Lucky Creek
Secondary: Le Boyteau
Secondary: Drake Mining Co.
Secondary: Estorffe Bench Claims
Secondary: Jurich-Georgia Bench
Secondary: Livengood-Spraul-Small Strike
Secondary: Healy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Estorffe, William
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1946: 611 OZ AU, 60 OZ AG (USBM FILES) CHROMITE & CHROME SPINELS ARE FOUND ON LUCKY CREEK (TDM-1). CONCENTRATE FROM A PLACER ON GOODLUCK CREEK SHOWED A CONTENT OF 0.02 PERCENT EQUIV. URANIUM WHEN TESTED IN 1945; HOWEVER, LATER TESTS DID NOT DUPLICATE 1945 FINDINGS (C335). SCHEELITE, CASSITERITE AND RARE EARTH MINERALS FOUND IN GOODLUCK CREEK (OF 508) AS HAS CINNABAR (C335).
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-039
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-111
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-112
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-133
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-165
Reference (Deposit): B662j p. 268
Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 39-40
Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 49
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 17
Reference (Deposit): C331 p. 11
Reference (Deposit): C335 pp. 2-3
Reference (Deposit): MF413
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 99
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