The Buckner Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Buckner Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckner Creek Placer
Secondary: Buhner Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
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: 1899
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: Cassiterite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: SCHIST AND SHALE, ALTERED GREENSTONE INTRUSIVES, IRREGULAR PYRITE +/- GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS.
Comment (Location): ENTIRE CREEK FALLS WITHIN 1 MILE RADIUS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): ORIGINAL AU AND SN DISCOVERY FOR DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): CASSITERITE MAKES UP 90% OF CONCENTRATES.
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-40
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 4, LOC. 14.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5520, P. 5, 15, 18-20.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 229, P. 16, 35-36.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 2, P. 50-51.
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