Buckskin Creek Placer

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

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Buckskin Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fortymile

Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1935
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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOLD IS ONLY .620 FINE, LOWER QUALITY THAN ELSEWHERE IN DISTRICT. SEE REF. 2, P. 185.

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FEET PER MILE. ; 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 (Geology): BUCKSKIN CREEK PARALLEL TO AND NORTH OF FRANKLIN CREEK.

Comment (Deposit): PLACER GOLD FOUND DOWNSTREAM FROM FORTYFIVE PUP GULCH.

Comment (Development): SMALL SCALE MINING REPORTED IN 1905, 1914, AND 1935. ABOUT 1936 A PROSPECTOR CLAIMED TO HAVE DREDGING GROUND FOR 2 MILES BELOW MOUTH OF FORTYFIVE PUP GULCH.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 48. ABOUT 7 AIR MILES UPSTREAM (ALONG BUCKSKIN CREEK) FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SO. FK. FORTYMILE R., AND 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE WITH FORTYFIVE PUP. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

References

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-48

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 185.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393, LOC. 48.

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