The Eskimo Gulch (near Motherwood Point) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Eskimo Gulch (near Motherwood Point) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eskimo Gulch (near Motherwood Point)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This description
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the mine is on NANA-owned lands.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This placer gold deposit consists of stream gravel several feet thick, overlain by 30 to 50 feet of frozen muck. Bedrock in this area is black, quartz-mica schist which forms natural riffles to catch and trap the gold. The deposit is in a narrow gully, locally called Eskimo Gulch (Paul Savok, oral communication, 1989).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The mine was worked in the early 1950's. No production data are available. Hand work was done on the property occasionally during the 1980's.
References
Reference (Deposit): Williams, Anita, 1999, Alaska Resource Data File, Kotzebue quadrangle: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-579, 12 p.
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