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Boulder Creek Placer

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002409
MRDS ID A013328
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Placer
Related records 10282650

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.74446, 57.83447 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.6 MI. N OF VABM COKE, 1.95 MI. SW OF MEIGS PK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sumdum D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sumdum(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USBM OFR 85-86, FIG. 4, LOC. 165. PLACER EXTENDS AT LEAST 0.2 MI. UPSTREAM. 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.74446, 57.83447
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MESOZOIC-PALEOZOIC VOLCANIC ROCKS. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD IS UNKNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Juneau

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED AS EARLY AS 1881, RESTAKED IN 1980. SMALL OPERATION WORKED LOWER PART OF STREAM SOMETIME BETWEEN 1980 AND 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 85-86, P. 48, FIG. 4, LOC. 165 (1986)

  • Other Database

    USBM-OFR-85-86-FIG-4-165

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE GOLD CAN BE PANNED FROM STREAM.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 550 FT./MI. VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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-JUN-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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