Boulder Creek Placer

The Boulder Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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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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