The Tuluksak Dredges is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 548 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: 548 Feet (167 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 61.0056, -159.94170
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Tuluksak Dredges MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tuluksak Dredges
Secondary: Bear Creek
Secondary: California Creek
Secondary: Spruce Creek
Secondary: Myrtle Creek
Secondary: Shamrock Creek
Secondary: Cale Creek
Secondary: Shovel Gulch
Secondary: Slate Creek
Secondary: Granite Creek
Secondary: Nyac
Secondary: Tuluksak River
Secondary: Bonanza Creek
Secondary: East Fork
Secondary: Nugget Creek
Secondary: Mary Lou Gulch
Secondary: Happy Gulch
Secondary: New York Alaska Gold Dredging Corp.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: PGE
Location
State: Alaska
District: Aniak
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Northland Gold Dredging
Company ID: 5001035
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1983
Owner Name: Tuluksak Dredging, Ltd.
Company ID: 5001035
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1983
Owner Name: Northland Gold Dredging
Company ID: 5001035
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1980
Owner Name: Tuluksak Dredging, Ltd.
Company ID: 5001035
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1986
Production
Year: 1981
Description: Yardage Handled: 600,000 2027 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1963
Description: Yardage Handled:1,070,000 4295 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1960
Description: Yardage Handled:1,338,463 5747 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1957
Description: Yardage Handled:1,738,000 20295 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1954
Description: Yardage Handled: 961,142 19179 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1952
Description: Yardage Handled:1,134,358 14574 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1949
Description: Yardage Handled:1,392,974 10065 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1946
Description: Yardage Handled:1,131,975 9438 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1944
Description: Yardage Handled: 501,000 2953 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1941
Description: Yardage Handled:1,147,765 12702 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1938
Description: Yardage Handled: 950,735 9564 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1936
Description: 3212 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1934
Description: 4087 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1932
Description: 3749 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1928
Description: Yardage Handled: 191,581 8790 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1935
Description: Yardage Handled: 634,540 4191 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1931
Description: Yardage Handled: 262,971 4652 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1929
Description: Yardage Handled: 154,878 4593 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1926
Description: Yardage Handled: 288,729 3558 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1962
Description: Yardage Handled: 980,141 4575 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1961
Description: Yardage Handled:1,081,985 5178 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1959
Description: Yardage Handled:2,296,064 12008 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1958
Description: Yardage Handled:2,357,499 12232 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1956
Description: Yardage Handled:1,247,304 15891 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1955
Description: Yardage Handled:1,074,379 18624 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1953
Description: Yardage Handled:1,033,067 12328 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1951
Description: Yardage Handled: 905,922 13555 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1950
Description: Yardage Handled: 768,739 16260 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1948
Description: Yardage Handled:1,618,931 10411 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1947
Description: Yardage Handled:1,578,500 12836 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1945
Description: Yardage Handled:1,099,954 7751 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1943
Description: Yardage Handled: 221,306 2333 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1942
Description: Yardage Handled:1,444,970 10539 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1964
Description: Yardage Handled: 808,886 2768 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1982
Description: Preliminary Estimate From 800,000 Yards. 3500 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1940
Description: Yardage Handled:1,171,180 12617 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1939
Description: Yardage Handled: 882,000 11677 Troy Ounces Au
Year: 1937
Description: Yardage Handled: 827,920 8761 Troy Ounces Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Dredging
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
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
Unknown: Electrum
Comments
Comment (Reference): FISHER, J., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, DEC. 2, 1982
Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB A002753 USGS CRIB A002758 USGS CRIB A002771 USGS CRIB M045391
Comment (Ownership): OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: TULUKSAK DREDGING, LTD. NYAC, ALASKA 99642 OPERATOR ADDRESS: NORTHLAND GOLD DREDGING NYAC, ALASKA 99642
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX REFERS TO TOTAL QUANTITY MINED BY TWO OPERATORS.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 081-005
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 081-013
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 081-014
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 081-029
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 081-031
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 081-035
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 081-036
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 091-024
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 091-026
Reference (Deposit): B379b p. 58
Reference (Deposit): B410 p. 63
Reference (Deposit): B442a p. 46
Reference (Deposit): B480c p. 40
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 46
Reference (Deposit): B592d pp. 70-71
Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 67
Reference (Deposit): B622p pp. 303, 309-321, 324-325, 327-331
Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 68
Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 60
Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 15
Reference (Deposit): B792a p. 20
Reference (Deposit): B797a pp. 24, 30
Reference (Deposit): B810a pp. 31-32, 40
Reference (Deposit): B813a pp. 36, 47
Reference (Deposit): B824a pp. 41, 52
Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 43, 55
Reference (Deposit): B844A pp. 44, 54
Reference (Deposit): B857A pp. 41, 51
Reference (Deposit): B864A pp. 46, 57
Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 46-47, 59
Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 49, 61
Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 58, 71
Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 61
Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 60, 75
Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 55-57, 71
Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 53, 68
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 44
Reference (Deposit): I292
Reference (Deposit): I285
Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 16
Reference (Deposit): P630 pp. 89, 90
Reference (Deposit): MF444
Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 42, 44-45
Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 84, No. 184
Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1983
Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 26
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