Hopeful Gulch Placer Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Bismuth, Tungsten

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10003168
MRDS ID	A015702
Record type	Site
Current site name	Hopeful Gulch Placer Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-160.76376, 64.54994 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	250(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

USGS MF-381, LOC. 2. TRIBUTARY OF UNGALIK RIVER NEAR BONANZA CREEK. ABANDONED MINE CAMP NEXT TO CREEK MARKED ON NORTON BAY (C-4). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Bismuth	Tertiary
Tungsten	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bismuthinite	Ore
Scheelite	Unknown
Wolframite	Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-160.76376, 64.54994	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A015702

Bibliographic references

Deposit

TERRITORY OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF MINES PAMPHLET NO. 5-R, P. 18.
Deposit

USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 80.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit	THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-SEP-1987	Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.)	U.S. Geological Survey