The Bluestone River is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 49 feet.
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
Elevation: 49 Feet (15 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.1306, -166.16670
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Bluestone River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluestone River
Secondary: Gold Run
Secondary: Alder Creek
Secondary: Quartz Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1917
Description: 76 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 200 Yards Processed. 15 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1915
Description: 534 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 37 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 301 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 71 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 127 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1943
Description: 96 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 42 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1941
Description: 611 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 520 Yards Processed. 8 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 44 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 15,000 Yards Processed. 80 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 210 Yards Processed. 12 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 40,000 Yards Processed. 723 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1943
Description: 9 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 446 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 48 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REF. POINT LOCATION IS AT CONFLUENCE OF BLUESTONE R. & IRON CREEK. MOST PRODUCTION HAS BEEN FROM GOLD RUN AND ALDER CR. PRODUCTION APPROX $100,000 PRIOR TO 1906. MINOR PRODUCTION 1907-1934. DREDGE ON GOLD RUN IN 1935 - BARTHOLOMAE OIL CO. SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION 1935-1940. LITTLE PROD. POST 1940. GOLD RUN PROD. 17,303 OZ AU, 2,074 OZ AG 1907-1966. BLUESTONE R. PROD. 491 OZ AU, 55 OZ AG 1907-1949. ALDER CR. PROD. 119 OZ AU, 17 OZ AG 1906-1947. QUARTZ CREEK PRODUCED 80 OZ AU, 8 OZ AG 1906-1968. USGS CRIB M045404 USGS CRIB A003617 USGS CRIB A003643 USGS CRIB A003673 USGS CRIB M045403
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-002
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-006
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-009
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-061
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-119
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-121
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-122
Reference (Deposit): B225 p. 54
Reference (Deposit): B662q p. 455
Reference (Deposit): B712h p. 189
Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 17
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 27
Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 36
Reference (Deposit): B263 p. 209
Reference (Deposit): B284n p. 139
Reference (Deposit): B328 pp. 273, 275-279
Reference (Deposit): B345m p. 229
Reference (Deposit): B379p pp. 298-299
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 50
Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 47
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 52
Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 54
Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 56-57, 62
Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 63, 68
Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 64, 71
Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 71, 77
Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 69
Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 65, 71
Reference (Deposit): B813a pp. 42-43
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 48
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 49
Reference (Deposit): TDM5R pp. 43-44
Reference (Deposit): OF377
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