Deposit ID | 10002053 |
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MRDS ID | A012903 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Snow Gulch Placer |
Related records | 10257896 |
Geographic coordinates: | -165.40606, 64.59234 (WGS84) |
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Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Relative position | TRIB. OF GLACIER CR. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Tungsten | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
(1) | -165.40606, 64.59234 |
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Thickness | 1.83M |
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Width | 45.72M |
Length | 914.4M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1898 |
Year of first production | 1899 |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012903 |
BROOKS AND OTHERS, 1901, USGS SPEC. PUB., P. 25-69-75.
USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 195.
USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 77, 85.
USGS OFR 17, P. 5-6.
USBM RI 4174, P. 33.
USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 83, 89.
BAG-MF-463-101
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | AU AND SCHEELITE IN GRAVELS 3-4 FT DEEP; HYDRAULICALLY MINED FOR 3000 FT OVER WIDTH OF 150 FT TO DEPTH OF 6 FT. |
Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
Deposit | GRADIENT: 150 FT/MI ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAY-87 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |