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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001465
MRDS ID A012214
Record type Site
Current site name Buckley Bar Placer
Alternate or previous names Birch Cr.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.55373, 65.33002 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Birch Creek WSR(Wild and Scenic River)

Wild and Scenic River BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • SITE OF MOST PRODUCTION FROM BIRCH CR. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.55373, 65.33002
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893
Year of first production 1894

Mining district

District name Circle

Comments on development

  • INITIAL GOLD DISCOVERY IN CIRCLE DISTRICT; CLAIMS ACTIVE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALONG BIRCH CREEK, 1974-1981; BATTEST MINING CO. REPORTED TO HAVE OPERATED ON BIRCH CR. IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HAS BEEN MINOR PRODUCTION OF PLACER GOLD FROM RIVER BARS IN BIRCH CR.; ESPECIALLY BUCKLEY BAR
Deposit SOME CLAIMS ACTIVE ON BUCKLEY BAR CR. IN 1973, 1976-80 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 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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