The Boob Creek Placer Mine is a gold 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
Boob Creek Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boob Creek Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Innoko
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: 1915
Year Last Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1915
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: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1915-16
Comment (Workings): DRIFT MINE
Comment (Geology): OBSIDIAN FOUND IN PLACER CONCENTRATES; CINNABAR IN SMALL PEBBLES UP TO 0.5 IN IN DIAMETER; BOTRYOIDAL CASSITERITE ; MAJOR.UNITS: MESOZOIC AND PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE, CHERT, VOLCANIC AND CLASTIC ROCKS INTRUDED BY TERTIARY MAFIC TO MONZONITIC PLUTONS
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): GRAVEL 2-4 FT THICK UNDERNEATH 25-30 FT OF OVERBURDEN; MINED BY UNDERGROUND METHODS; CASSITERITE AND CINNABAR IN CONCENTRATES
Comment (Deposit): ONLY CREEK IN DISTRICT THAT PRODUCED PLATINUM; STREAM GRADIENT LESS THAN 50 FT/MI ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): PT CONSTITUTED ABOUT 1% OF PRECIOUS METAL CONTENT
Comment (Location): USGS MF-367, LOC. 2 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): 5 MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1917; RECORDS OF PRODUCTION SINCE 1917 ARE UNAVAILABLE, BUT SMALL OPERATIONS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN GENERAL AREA BETWEEN WW II AND 1965; 1984 REPORT OF "CURRENTLY ACTIVE PROSPECTING".
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-367-02
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 84-22, P. 8
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 630, P. 89-90
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1374, P. 149, 152
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 692, P. 349-350
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