The Boulder Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Boulder Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Discovery Year: 1900
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
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Unknown: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Geology): NUMEROUS MICA SCHIST BOULDERS UP TO 3 FT IN DIAMETER FOUND IN GRAVELS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE AND SCHIST ; REG.COM: DERIVED FROM TERRACE GRAVELS ABOVE BOULDER LODE; OTHERWISE THOUGHT TO BE OF LOCAL DERIVATION.
Comment (Deposit): NO SCHEELITE FOUND ABOVE MOUTH OF TWIN IN BOULDER CR. DRAINAGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): MIDPOINT OF PLACER TAILINGS EXTENDING FOR ABOUT 1 KM ALONG CREEK, AS SHOWN ON USGS TOPO. MAP. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED: 1903, 1910, 1913-16, 1918, AND 1924; HYDRAULICALLY MINED FOR "4 CLAIM LENGTHS" BELOW MOUTH OF TWIN MT. CR.
Comment (Deposit): AU, STIBNITE, SCHEELITE, AND NATIVE BISMUTH IN STREAM GRAVELS 10-25 FT DEEP, AND 100-300 FT WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 196.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 87.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 592, P. 389.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 250-252.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 17, P. 6.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4174, P. 33.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 30, LOC. 384.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-94
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