The Boulder Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Boulder Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chandalar
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1992
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Apparently some mining has occurred as late as 1991(Bundtzen and others, 1992).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = There is no description of this placer occurrence other than a reference to gold being produced from the creek in 1991 (Bundtzen and others, 1992, p. 28). It drains an area immediately west of the Chandalar gold quartz vein deposits.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Alaska Kardex No. 031-122 (Kardex is a card file mining claim information system located at the State of Alaska DNR Public Information Center in Fairbanks).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Not determined
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Production of gold reported in 1991 (Bundtzen and others, 1992).
References
Reference (Deposit): Maas, K.M., 1987, Maps summarizing land availability for mineral exploration and development in northern Alaska, 1986: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 10-87, 33 quadrangle overlays.
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Wood, J.E., Clough, A.H., 1991 (1992), Alaska's Mineral Industry 1991: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 46, 89 p.
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