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Boulder Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Bismuth, Antimony
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002043
MRDS ID A012892
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Placer
Related records 10160166

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.51134, 64.64872 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF SNAKE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • MIDPOINT OF PLACER TAILINGS EXTENDING FOR ABOUT 1 KM ALONG CREEK, AS SHOWN ON USGS TOPO. MAP. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.51134, 64.64872
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS MICA SCHIST BOULDERS UP TO 3 FT IN DIAMETER FOUND IN GRAVELS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: LIMESTONE AND SCHIST ; REG.COM: DERIVED FROM TERRACE GRAVELS ABOVE BOULDER LODE; OTHERWISE THOUGHT TO BE OF LOCAL DERIVATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1903

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED: 1903, 1910, 1913-16, 1918, AND 1924; HYDRAULICALLY MINED FOR "4 CLAIM LENGTHS" BELOW MOUTH OF TWIN MT. CR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU, STIBNITE, SCHEELITE, AND NATIVE BISMUTH IN STREAM GRAVELS 10-25 FT DEEP, AND 100-300 FT WIDE.
Deposit NO SCHEELITE FOUND ABOVE MOUTH OF TWIN IN BOULDER CR. DRAINAGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) 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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