Boob Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, Mercury, PGE, Silver, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185606
MRDS ID A015001
MAS/MILS ID 0020640001
Record type Site
Current site name Boob Creek
Alternate or previous names Walden Pup, Walden Pup East 1 Above, Walden Pup 1-6 Above, Walden Pup West 4-6, Walden Pup East, Walden Pup 1-2 Below
Related records 10101004

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -157.0049, 63.33004 (WGS84)
Elevation 111
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ophir SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ophir C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 025 S 010 E 08 SWSESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -157.0049, 63.33004

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank Walter
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Description 120 Yards Processed. 89 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2768.2g
  • Year 1917
    Description 237 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 7371.52g
  • Year 1917
    Description 13,333 Yards Processed. 2237 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 69578.48g
  • Year 1918
    Description 161 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 5007.66g
  • Year 1918
    Description 1,778 Yards Processed. 1521 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 47308.39g

Comments on the production information

  • USGS CRIB M045397. PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1919: 3120 OZ AU, 312 OZ AG (USBM AFOC FILES).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUL-1991 Neb-Mirl U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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