The Gold Bluff is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 69 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: 69 Feet (21 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 61.1247, -146.57500
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Gold Bluff MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Bluff
Secondary: Shoup Bay
Secondary: Gold Bluff 1-4
Secondary: Territory of Alaska
Secondary: M.S. 950
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AT LEAST TWO SHIPMENTS OF ORE MADE CA. 1914 (B 622). M.S. 950 ISSUED 1915 ON 22.01 ACRES. PAT. 490126 (KX 86-76). USGS CRIB A003823 Workings consist of a 61 m.-long adit and a 1.5 m. crosscut.
References
Reference (Deposit): OF79-1241 167 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MR32
Reference (Deposit): OF82-1029 33 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B1139 363 pp.
Reference (Deposit): BMOF69-73
Reference (Deposit): OF80-892B
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (locality C-49).
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 086-076
Reference (Deposit): B520h p. 124
Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B622j p. 182
Reference (Deposit): MF438
Reference (Deposit): IC7379 89 pp.
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