The Ullrich (Judy and Deb Bench claims) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Ullrich (Judy and Deb Bench claims) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ullrich (Judy and Deb Bench claims)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
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 (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au; high-level bench deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This report
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Pleistocene; possibly Tertiary.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The claims were mined hydraulically, probably as recently as the 1960s.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A high-level (bench) gold placer was discovered and probably mined as recently as the 1960,s. The claims were surveyed for patent in 1976, and two were patented in 1977. The main placer pit is excavated subparallel to a south-trending gulch into Glacier Creek; it is on the Judy Bench. Numerous pits were excavated on the upper Deb Bench claim where there are sparsely scattered, rounded granitic boulders. Most of the production from the mine was from the lower Judy Bench, but exploration cuts and granitic boulders are found at least to about 650 feet elevation, similar to some of the high-level benches near Dexter (NM246, NM247, and NM248). The origin of the high-level bench placers is uncertain, but they predate, and furnished placer gold to, younger alluvial placers such as Glacier Creek (NM220) and Anvil Creek (NM236).
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Mineral Survey No. 2271 by Maurice Oswald, 1976, patent granted April 19, 1977 (available at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage).
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