The Bluestone River Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Bluestone River Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluestone River Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: PGE
Tertiary: Mercury
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
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: Gold
Unknown: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED: 1903, 1908, 1918, 1924, 1926-30.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: MICACEOUS AND CHLORITIC SCHISTS WITH INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE; SLIGHTLY ALTERED MAFIC SILLS AND DIKES; NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): APPROX. MIDPOINT OF ABOUT 4000 FT LENGTH OF PLACER TAILINGS ALONG BLUESTONE R., MOSTLY UPSTREAM OF GOLD STANDARD CR., USGS OFR 75-349, PLATE 1. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): AU IN STREAM GRAVEL, TOP 1 FT OF WEATHERED GRAPHITIC SCHIST BEDROCK, AND IN TWO BENCHES OPPOSITE THE MOUTH OF GOLD RUN CR.; CINNABAR AND PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN CONCENTRATES.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULETIN 328, P. 273-275, 276-278.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 377, P. 16.
Reference (Deposit): USGS I-685, P. 3.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 75-349, PLATE 1.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 36, LOC. 474.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-83
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