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Bluestone River Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE, Mercury
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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 10003254
MRDS ID A016075
Record type Site
Current site name Bluestone River Placer
Related records 10112160

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.19418, 65.11095 (WGS84)
Relative position TRIB. OF TUKSUK CHANNEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Teller Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. MIDPOINT OF ABOUT 4000 FT LENGTH OF PLACER TAILINGS ALONG BLUESTONE R., MOSTLY UPSTREAM OF GOLD STANDARD CR., USGS OFR 75-349, PLATE 1. 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
PGE Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Cinnabar Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ocs
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: MICACEOUS AND CHLORITIC SCHISTS WITH INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE; SLIGHTLY ALTERED MAFIC SILLS AND DIKES; NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1899

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED: 1903, 1908, 1918, 1924, 1926-30.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU IN STREAM GRAVEL, TOP 1 FT OF WEATHERED GRAPHITIC SCHIST BEDROCK, AND IN TWO BENCHES OPPOSITE THE MOUTH OF GOLD RUN CR.; CINNABAR AND PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN CONCENTRATES.
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-SEP-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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