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: Selawik
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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 (Workings): Workings / Exploration = This placer deposit was worked by hand methods in the 1950's. Prospecting and staking were done in the mid-1990's. Regional stream silt and pan concentrate samples were collected in the Boulder Creek area by WGM in 1974 (NANA Regional Corp. data files).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This description.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A small placer gold deposit is located in the upper portion of (informally named) Boulder Creek. Old tailings are visible on the southern tributary stream bank. The deposit was worked by hand in the 1950's (Paul Savok, oral communication, 1995).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active?
References
Reference (Deposit): Degenhart, C.E. and Bigelow, C.G., 1974, Preliminary minerals evaluation NANA Regional corporation selection lands: unpublished report, WGM, Anchorage, Alaska, 84 p. (Report held by NANA Regional Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska).
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