Mine detail: Birch Gulch (Creek)

Previously called 'Groshon* Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 63.21142, -154.766

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Bismuth, Gold
Gangue: Ilmenite, Magnetite, Zircon

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Gravel

References

MRDSA012429
DEP10001654
Reference{Deposit:: Brown, J.S., 1926, The Nixon Fork country: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783. p. 97-144.}{Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1974, Synopsis of mineral resources and geology of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1307, 53 pages.}{Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Economic Geology Monograph #9, Mineral Deposits of Alaska, p. 242-286.}
ReporterBundtzen, T.K.