Buster Creek

The Buster Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 98 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Buster Creek
Secondary: Grace Gulch
Secondary: Union Gulch
Secondary: Ida Creek
Secondary: Creek Claims
Secondary: Martin Bench

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Bill Hoogendorn
Info Year: 1981

Production

Year: 1953
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 27 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 29 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 63 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 104 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 228 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 31 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 23 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 48 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 14,000 Yards Processed. 284 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 195 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 300 Yards Processed. 21 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 500 Yards Processed. 45 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 200 Yards Processed. 20 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 35,000 Yards Processed. 234 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 35,000 Yards Processed. 319 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 30,000 Yards Processed. 230 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 35,000 Yards Processed. 123 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 26 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 62 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 3,493 Yards Processed. 131 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 247 Yards Processed. 108 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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): USGS CRIB A002550 USGS CRIB A002461

References

Reference (Deposit): B712h p. 189

Reference (Deposit): MF463

Reference (Deposit): B328 p. 172

Reference (Deposit): B345m p. 216

Reference (Deposit): B533 pp. 93, 96-97

Reference (Deposit): B622r p. 370

Reference (Deposit): B662q p. 455

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-018

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-171

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-173

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 052-175

Reference (Deposit): SP4 p. 78

Reference (Deposit): B314i p. 141

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