Eskimo Gulch (near Motherwood Point)

The Eskimo Gulch (near Motherwood Point) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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