Deposit ID | 10001303 |
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MRDS ID | A012041 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Silverbow Basin Placers |
Alternate or previous names | Nowell Placer |
Related records | 10185837 |
Geographic coordinates: | -134.34423, 58.30947 (WGS84) |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Result | FINENESS: 772-827 3/4 |
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Result | AVERAGE 802-1/2 |
Result | USGS OFR 60, P. 139-140 |
(1) | -134.34423, 58.30947 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1880 |
Year of first production | 1881 |
Year of last production | 1940 |
District name | Juneau/Gold Creek |
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Ownership category | National Forest |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012041 |
USGS 18TH ANNUAL REPORT, PART 3, P. 71-72
USGS BULL 287, P. 57-60
USGS OFR 60, P. 99, 139-140
USGS OFR 85-717, P. 177
BAG-OFR-85-717-164
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | AURIFEROUS GRAVELS OVER 200 ACRES OF POST-GLACIAL LAKE BASIN; SOME RESIDUAL PLACERS |
Deposit | THE ONLY LARGE SCALE PROFITABLE PLACER OPERATION IN JUNEAU AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-NOV-1985 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey |