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Boulder Creek Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000875
MRDS ID A011528
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Placer
Related records 10185635

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.33587, 61.3349 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 66 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.33587, 61.3349
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nelchina

Comments on development

  • OLD PLACER WORKINGS NOTED IN 1974 REPORT (USBM IC 8626); NO OTHER DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC 184, P. 3

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8626, P. 19

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-438, LOC. 85

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 66

  • Other Database

    BAG-OFR-80-892B-66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER GOLD OCCURRENCE
Deposit NO DATA OTHER THAN OCCURRENCE OF PLACER GOLD REPORTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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