Iron Gulch

The Iron Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,001 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

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Site Name

Primary: Iron Gulch
Secondary: Lucky Gulch
Secondary: Kantishna
Secondary: Discovery 1-3
Secondary: Eureka Group 5-12 Above
Secondary: Lucky 1-2
Secondary: Eureka Creek 1-10 Above
Secondary: Eureka Creek 1-3 Below
Secondary: Eureka Upper Discovery 8-10
Secondary: Wickersham Creek
Secondary: Bueno
Secondary: Eureka Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Howard Enterprises
Company ID: 5001384
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Jim Fuksa
Company ID: 5001384
Percent: 30.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977

Owner Name: Donald Stone
Company ID: 5001384
Info Year: 1977

Owner Name: Allan Carrol
Company ID: 5001384
Info Year: 1977

Owner Name: George L. Bailey-Eureka Claims
Company ID: 5001384
Percent: 20.00
Home Office: Massachusetts
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: Taylor, Arley
Company ID: 5001384
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1977

Production

Year: 1959
Description: 57 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 29 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 5,000 Yards Processed. 98 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 9 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 80 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1969
Description: 1,900 Yards Processed. 109 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1965
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1965
Description: 882 Yards Processed. 22 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1964
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 28 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 9 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 26 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 21 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 17,500 Yards Processed. 146 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1969
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 14,844 Yards Processed. 67 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1933
Description: 33,600 Yards Processed. 21 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 1,136 Yards Processed. 35 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 9,426 Yards Processed. 325 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 48 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 4,148 Yards Processed. 203 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 57 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 8,296 Yards Processed. 215 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 24 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 95 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 113 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 1,037 Yards Processed. 6 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 16,000 Yards Processed. 4 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1930
Description: 25,333 Yards Processed. 48 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 84 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 12,100 Yards Processed. 79 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 2,329 Yards Processed. 94 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 11,817 Yards Processed. 426 Troy Ounces Gold

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 (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: GEORGE BAILEY BOX 2052 FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99701

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1970: 5,576 OZ. OF GOLD AND 371 OZ. OF SILVER (USBMAFOC FILES). THE BEDROCK IS PRINCIPALLY QUARTZITIC SCHIST, WITH SOME CARBONACEOUS SCHIST AND GREENSTONES. SMALL BASALTIC DIKES WERE OBSERVED. THE GRAVELS ARE DERIVED FROM THE BEDROCK, EXCEPT IN THE LOWER PART OF THE STREAM WHERE THEY MIX WITH MOOSE CREEK BENCH GRAVELS (PP70) IN THE PAST THE GRAVELS WERE WORKED BY SHOVELING-IN OPEN CUTS. ALLEN CARROL 1975 OPERATED 966 FRONT-END LOADER W/4 YD BUCKET, SHAKER SCREEN, AND SLUICE PLATE. DONALD STONE ALSO WORKED EUREKA CR. IN 1975 USING HYDROLICS (CARNES & PP70). USGS CRIB A002259

References

Reference (Deposit): B662k pp. 302-304

Reference (Deposit): B687 pp. 85-87

Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 52

Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B755c pp. 141-142

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 23

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 35

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 43

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 44

Reference (Deposit): BMOF129-84 pp. 68,70-73

Reference (Deposit): BMOF214-84 p. 40

Reference (Deposit): BMOF1-86 p. 5,8-9,11,14,44-45

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-045

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-074

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-078

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-079

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-085

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-089

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-130

Reference (Deposit): B314b p. 30

Reference (Deposit): B314o pp. 215-217, 220

Reference (Deposit): P70 pp. 176-177, 179

Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B649 pp. 42-43

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 46

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 56

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 58

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 57

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 52

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 49

Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1983

Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 26

Reference (Deposit): B1108A p. 27

Reference (Deposit): MF366

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 85

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 54

Reference (Deposit): B836e pp. 334-335

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B849F pp. 353, 376

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 39

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