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Boulder Creek

Past 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10002014
MRDS ID A012859
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek
Related records 10160647

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.00357, 64.69455 (WGS84)
Relative position The headwaters of Boulder Creek are in the Nome C-3 quadrangle; about 3.5 miles long, it flows southeasterly into Sinuk River in the Nome C-2 quadrangle. A placer gold deposit extends for about 2 miles along the creek. The location is the approximate mid-point of the auriferous section about at the boundary of the C-2 and C-3 quadrangles. This is locality 60 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]).

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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nome N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome C(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.00357, 64.69455
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = There is no specific information on this placer deposit. Collier and others (1908, p. 216-217) reported mining in 1902-03. Later claim activity was reported by Heiner and Porter (1972, Kardex site Kx 52-90) and active claims were reported as recently as 1981-82 (Alaska Division Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). Bedrock in the Boulder Creek drainage is chloritic and graphitic schist (Sainsbury and others, 1972 [OFR 72-322]).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A placer deposit in Boulder Creek was discovered early in the history of the Nome district and was mined in 1902-03 (Collier and others, 1908). Claim activity was reported in 1929; claims may have been patented as U.S. Mineral Survey No. 841 (Heiner and Porter, 1972, Karex site Kx 52-90). Further claim activity was reported as recently as 1981-82 (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Collier, A. J., Hess, F.L., Smith, P.S., and Brooks, A.H., 1908, The gold placers of parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, including the Nome, Council, Kougarok, Port Clarence, and Goodhope precincts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 328, 343 p.

  • Deposit

    Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.

  • Deposit

    Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, Rodney, and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome C-3 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-322, 9 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.

  • Deposit

    Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Collier and others, 1908

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

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