The Buster Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Buster Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buster Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Year First Production: 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
Analytical Data: AU WORTH $18.60/OZ., EQUIVALENT TO FINENESS OF 899.85, USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 172.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE GRADIENT: 100 FT/MI. ; 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 (Location): MOUTH OF DAVIS GULCH; RICHEST SECTION WAS BETWEEN DAVIS GULCH AND GOODLUCK GULCH, ABOUT 1.5 MILES UPSTREAM OF LOCATION; SEE USGS BULLETIN 533, PL. III. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED: 1899-1901, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1914, 1916, 1918; HYDRAULIC MINING 2 MILES FROM MOUTH IN 1903 PROCESSED 100 CY/DAY; SMALL DREDGE OPERATION: 1953-54.
Comment (Deposit): 2-3 FT OF CREEK GRAVEL ON SCHIST BEDROCK; AU IN TOP 1-2 FT OF BEDROCK; PAY 2 MILES ABOVE MOUTH WAS 100 FT WIDE, 3.5 FT THICK.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: CHLORITIC AND GRAPHITIC MICA SCHIST AND INTERBEDDED MARBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS AND OTHERS, 1901, USGS SPECIAL PUB., P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 314, P. 140-141.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 328, P. 172.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 345, P. 216.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 96.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 622, P. 369-370.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 455.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 712, P. 189.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 75-2.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 27, LOC. 365.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-116
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