Buck Creek

The Buck Creek is a tin 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: Buck Creek
Secondary: Left Fork
Secondary: West Fork

Commodity

Primary: Tin
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Port Clarence/Potato Mt.

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1919
Time Period: 1911-1919
Year: 1911
Time Period: 1901-1911

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1901
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: 2.86 LB SN/CY

Materials

Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Scheelite
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Monazite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): SN PLACERS IN STREAM GRAVEL FROM MOUTH TO ABOUT 1 MILE FROM HEAD, AND IN HEADWATER TRIBS.; LOCATION GIVEN FOR MOUTH OF BUCK CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): SMALL-SCALE MINING: 1902-1911; DREDGING: 1911-1920; SOME MINING ALSO IN 1937, AND 1948-53 (NON-FLOAT); USBM CHURN DRILLING AND TRENCHING IN 1943.

Comment (Deposit): SMALL SCATTERED TIN PLACERS IN BUCK CR. DRAINAGE AVERAGED 40-100 FT IN WIDTH, 3-13 FT IN DEPTH, AND 500-3000 FT IN LENGTH; SEPARATED BY DISTANCES OF 600-4900 FT; CASSITERITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF AU CONCENTRATED ON BEDROCK; 15,000 FT DREDGED, 1500 FT HAND MINED.

Comment (Workings): DEPOSITS SAMPLED BY USBM CHURN-DRILL HOLES AND TRENCHES; 256 HOLES TOTALING 2880 FT IN POTATO MT. AREA.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: SLATE AND/OR SLATY SCHIST CUT BY "GREENSTONE" AND QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKES; SOME QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS

Comment (Production): EST. AMOUNT OF DREDGED GRAVEL: 568,000 CY AVERAGING 2.86 LB SN/CY; DATA COMBINED FOR BUCK CR., GROUSE CR., AND TRIBS.

Comment (Deposit): DATA COMBINED FOR GROUSE CR., BUCK CR., SUTTER CR. AND OTHER BUCK CR. TRIBUTARIES; SITE SPECIFIC INFO ON THESE CREEKS HAS BEEN LISTED IN SEPARATE MRDS RECORDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 358, P. 8, 16-17, 32-35, 61-62.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 520, P. 89-91, 340-342.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 733, P. 89-90, 94-96.

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4418, P. 4, 6-8, 10-14, 21.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-29

Reference (Production): USBM RI 4418, P. 4, 21; USBM RI 6587, P. 9-10.

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