Lurvey Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10001313
MRDS ID	A012052
Record type	Site
Current site name	Lurvey Placer
Related records	10161338

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-134.32617, 58.30169 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J167 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). 1:250000 QUADRANGLE IS A 1962 VERSION.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-134.32617, 58.30169	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Juneau

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest

Comments on the workings information

350 FT DRAINAGE TUNNEL DRIVEN PRIOR TO 1889

Comments on development

2 PATENTED PLACER CLAIMS; SLUICING CIRCA 1889; RESULTS UNSATISFACTORY

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A012052

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULL 287, P. 80
Deposit

USGS OFR 85-717, P. 180
Other Database

BAG-OFR-85-717-167

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	AURIFEROUS GRAVELS IN STREAM ABOVE LAKE AND LAKE GRAVELS 15-20 FT THICK; ABOUT AN ACRE OF LAKE GRAVEL WAS SLUICED THROUGH 9 350 FT TUNNELIN 1889
Deposit	SEE ALSO: LURVEY AMPHITHEATRE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-1985	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey