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Buckskin Creek Placer

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. 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 10002708
MRDS ID A015151
Record type Site
Current site name Buckskin Creek Placer
Related records 10208935

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.98603, 64.19643 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES NNW OF CHICKEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 48. ABOUT 7 AIR MILES UPSTREAM (ALONG BUCKSKIN CREEK) FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SO. FK. FORTYMILE R., AND 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE WITH FORTYFIVE PUP. 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

Analytical data

Result GOLD IS ONLY .620 FINE, LOWER QUALITY THAN ELSEWHERE IN DISTRICT. SEE REF. 2, P. 185.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.98603, 64.19643
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BUCKSKIN CREEK PARALLEL TO AND NORTH OF FRANKLIN CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • SMALL SCALE MINING REPORTED IN 1905, 1914, AND 1935. ABOUT 1936 A PROSPECTOR CLAIMED TO HAVE DREDGING GROUND FOR 2 MILES BELOW MOUTH OF FORTYFIVE PUP GULCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 100 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit PLACER GOLD FOUND DOWNSTREAM FROM FORTYFIVE PUP GULCH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-87 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.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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