Eskimo Gulch Mine (near Motherwood Point), Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Eskimo Gulch Mine (near Motherwood Point) | Mine |
| Fairhaven Mining District | Mining District |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
66° 3' 39'' North , 162° 10' 58'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
The mine is on NANA-owned lands.
Location: The Eskimo Gulch placer mine is approximately 2 miles southwest of Motherwood Point. It is in a steep gully about 0.1 mile inland from Kotzebue Sound. This site is in section 26, T. 8 N., R. 17 W., of the Kateel River Meridian.
Geology: This placer gold deposit consists of stream gravel several feet thick, overlain by 30 to 50 feet of frozen muck. Bedrock in this area is black, quartz-mica schist which forms natural riffles to catch and trap the gold. The deposit is in a narrow gully, locally called Eskimo Gulch (Paul Savok, oral communication, 1989).
Workings: The mine was worked in the early 1950's. No production data are available. Hand work was done on the property occasionally during the 1980's.
Age: Quaternary
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | KZ004 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Brooks-Seward DomainDomain
- Nome ComplexAccretionary Complex
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