The Basin Creek Placer is a gold and tungsten mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Basin Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Basin Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU WORTH $18.00/OZ., PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ., USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 209.
Materials
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Scheelite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GRADIENT: 100-150 FT/MI. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): PAY 150 FT WIDE FOR 2 MILES ALONG CREEK; AVERAGE SECTION: (TOP TO BOTTOM) 2 FT OF SOIL, 3 FT OF ROUNDED GRAVEL, 12 FT OF AURIFEROUS COARSE ANGULAR GRAVEL AND CLAY RESTING ON BEDROCK WITH AU IN CREVICES TO DEPTH OF 1/2 - 1 1/2 FT.
Comment (Geology): OVER 30% OF CLASTS OVER 10 IN IN DIAMETER IN GRAVELS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE WITH SOME INTERBEDDED CALCAREOUS AND CHLORITIC SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Development): MINED THROUGH USE OF HYDRAULIC NOZZLES AND ELEVATOR 1900-1903; "HOME-MADE" DREDGE OPERATED IN 1960.
Comment (Location): TAILINGS MAPPED ON USGS TOPO MAP: 2000 FT DOWNSTREAM AND ABOUT 1000 FT UPSTREAM OF POINT GIVEN. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 1900-1903, WAS BETWEEN $20,000-$30,000 IN AU, PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ., USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 174-175.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS AND OTHERS, 1901, USGS SPEC. PUB., P. 79.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 263, P. 150, 209.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 174-175.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 99-100.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 17, P. 6.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 30, LOC. 389.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-436-112
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