The Boulder Creek Placer is a tin mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
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Boulder Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: REE
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Analytical Data: BEST SAMPLE: 4.49 LB SN/CY, 5.5 FT MINING SECTION, USBM IC7878, P. 65.
Analytical Data: 6 CHURN-DRILL SAMPLES FROM UPPER PART OF CREEK CONTAINED 1.02-2.89 LB/CY SN OVER MINING SECTIONS OF BETWEEN 9.0-22 FT
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Zircon
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Xenotime
Unknown: Monazite
Comments
Comment (Location): B.M. CHURN-DRILL LINE NO. 1, CLAIM NO. 2 BELOW DISC., USBM IC7871, FIG. 25, P. 49. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): NB AND TA DETECTED IN ANALYSIS; MAX EU OF CON.: 0.025%
Comment (Development): CLAIMS STAKED: 1943; CHURN DRILLING UNDER DMEA CONTRACT: 1953.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): CASSITERITE, SCHEELITE, MONAZITE AND U-TH-RARE EARTH-BEARING MINERALS FOUND IN CHURN-DRILL SAMPLES; SEVERAL CHURN-DRILL HOLES INDICATED BETTER THAN 1 LB/CY TIN CONTENT; GRAVEL UP TO 53 FT DEEP INDICATED BY DRILLING; PLACER GRAVELS FORM AN ALLUVIAL FAN ON THE COASTAL PLAIN AT MOUTH.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: GRANITE AND LIMESTONE ; REG.COM: IDENTIFIED IN CONCENTRATES: CASSITERITE, TOURMALINE, HEMATITE, SCHEELITE, ZIRCON, MONAZITE, XENOTIME, APATITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 2, P. 49.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI4345, P. 4-7, 12,.
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC7878, P. 1-2, 9, 13-14, 17-18, 20, 43, 47-48, 50-67.
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC6737, P. 18-19, 21, 23, 29, 32-33.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 4, LOC. 4.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-23
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