Mine detail: Hopeful Gulch

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Location: Norton Bay County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 64.54948, -160.7622
dep_id: 10308972
mrds_id: A015702
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Bismuth, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect
ore: Amalgam, Bismuthinite, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite, Wolframite
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter: C.E. Cameron
References:
  • Deposit:: Anderson, Eskil, 1944, Petrographic descriptions of rocks collected during 1944 field investigation in north-west Alaska, and lists of ore and rock samples and placer concentrates collected in northwestern and interior Alaska during 1945 field season: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 195-28, 76 p.
  • Deposit:: Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.
  • Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Norton Bay quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-381, scale 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
  • Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
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