Buster Creek Placer

The Buster Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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