The Buckley Bar Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Buckley Bar Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckley Bar Placer
Secondary: Birch Cr.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1894
Discovery Year: 1893
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): SITE OF MOST PRODUCTION FROM BIRCH CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): INITIAL GOLD DISCOVERY IN CIRCLE DISTRICT; CLAIMS ACTIVE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALONG BIRCH CREEK, 1974-1981; BATTEST MINING CO. REPORTED TO HAVE OPERATED ON BIRCH CR. IN 1985
Comment (Deposit): HAS BEEN MINOR PRODUCTION OF PLACER GOLD FROM RIVER BARS IN BIRCH CR.; ESPECIALLY BUCKLEY BAR
Comment (Deposit): SOME CLAIMS ACTIVE ON BUCKLEY BAR CR. IN 1973, 1976-80 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P. 192
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC 945, P. 6
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR 39, P. 25
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 83-170B, APPENDIX I, NO. 13, 21
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 542, P. 213
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 520, P. 245
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 480, P. 160
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-83-170B-13
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