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Gustavus beach Prospect, Glacier Bay Mining District, Juneau Mining District, Alaska, USAi
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Gustavus beach ProspectProspect
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
58° 24' 39'' North , 135° 41' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
58.41083,-135.68389
GeoHash:
G#: bfrs23q5b
GRN:
N39W54
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Gustavus434 (2017)3.1km
Hoonah757 (2017)36.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
197860
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:197860:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Location: This beach placer is on the shore of Icy Passage, 2 miles east-southeast of Gustavus. It is in the NW1/4 section 16, T. 40 S., R. 59 E. of the Copper River Meridian. The location is accurate within 1/2 mile.
Geology: This prospect is on a large area of beach sand near the town of Gustavus. Wells and others (1986) show placer claims at this site between 1882 and 1982. No other information is available.
Age: Quaternary.

Commodities (Major) - Au ?
Development Status: Undetermined.
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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References

Wells, D.E., Pittman, T.L., Brew, D.A. and Douglass, S.L., 1986, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Juneau, Taku River, Atlin, and part of the Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-717, 332 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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