The Balto Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Balto Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Balto Creek Placer
Secondary: Marcus Claim
Secondary: Hunch Claim
Secondary: Agnes Assoc. 2 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
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
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
Comments
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): APPROX. MIDPOINT OF 1/2 MI. SECTION OF AURIFEROUS GRAVEL ALONG BALTO CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING ON 1 CLAIM: 1903; HYDRAULIC MINING: 1913; 4 CLAIMS ON CREEK, ENTRY YEAR: 1953; PRODUCTION PROBABLY VERY SMALL.
Comment (Deposit): GRAVEL 25 FT WIDE, 4-5 FEET DEEP, FOR 0.5 MI.; AU AND SCHEELITE IN STREAM GRAVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM CLAIM MAP, LOC. KX-52-3, 14, 57.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 196.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 87.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4174, P. 33-34.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 29, LOC. 381.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 17, P. 6.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 592, P. 389.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-95
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