The Buzzard Gulch is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 161 Feet (49 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.5186, -164.19060
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Buzzard Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buzzard Gulch
Secondary: Buzzard Creek
Secondary: Noxapaga River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rainbow Mines
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1978
Production
Year: 1941
Description: 324 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 100 Yards Processed. 9 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 54 Troy Ounces Silver
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION 1950: 331 OZ. AU, 37 OZ AG (USBM FILES). BEDROCK IS SCHIST WITH QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS, FROM WHICH GOLD WAS DERIVED. FEW FT OF PLACER COVERED BY 20-30 FT FROZEN PEAT AND SILT (HOPKINS). REFERENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF BUZZARD CR & NOXAPAGA RU.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-014
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-095
Reference (Deposit): MR192-7 p. 67
Reference (Deposit): OF75-429
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