Deposit ID | 10307337 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Bettles River Canyon |
Geographic coordinates: | -149.42333, 67.55971 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This site is about 1/4 mile below the confluence of Garnet Creek and the Bettles River and represents placer mining activity documented along the Bettles River from just below the mouth of Garnet Creek to the mouth of Mule Creek. The reference point is at the lower end of this activity (secs. 30, 31, T. 32 N., R. 8 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian). |
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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 |
Model code | 119 |
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USGS model code | 39a |
BC deposit profile | C01. C02 |
Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
Mark3 model number | 54 |
(1) | -149.42333, 67.55971 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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District name | Koyukuk |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CH072 |
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).
Dillon, J.T., 1987, Upper Koyukuk District land and mining claim status current to 1985: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public-Data File 87-11, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.
Reed, I.M., 1938, Upper Koyukuk region, Alaska (Wiseman, Chandalar, and Bettles): Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 194-7, 201 p.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 17-NOV-99 | J.M. Britton | U.S. Geological Survey |