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Boulder Creek Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tin, Tungsten, REE
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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 10003217
MRDS ID A016028
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.98565, 65.60703 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wales 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

  • B.M. CHURN-DRILL LINE NO. 1, CLAIM NO. 2 BELOW DISC., USBM IC7871, FIG. 25, P. 49. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NB AND TA DETECTED IN ANALYSIS; MAX EU OF CON.: 0.025%

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue
Monazite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Xenotime Unknown

Analytical data

Result 6 CHURN-DRILL SAMPLES FROM UPPER PART OF CREEK CONTAINED 1.02-2.89 LB/CY SN OVER MINING SECTIONS OF BETWEEN 9.0-22 FT
Result BEST SAMPLE: 4.49 LB SN/CY, 5.5 FT MINING SECTION, USBM IC7878, P. 65.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.98565, 65.60703
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: GRANITE AND LIMESTONE ; REG.COM: IDENTIFIED IN CONCENTRATES: CASSITERITE, TOURMALINE, HEMATITE, SCHEELITE, ZIRCON, MONAZITE, XENOTIME, APATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS STAKED: 1943; CHURN DRILLING UNDER DMEA CONTRACT: 1953.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE, SCHEELITE, MONAZITE AND U-TH-RARE EARTH-BEARING MINERALS FOUND IN CHURN-DRILL SAMPLES; SEVERAL CHURN-DRILL HOLES INDICATED BETTER THAN 1 LB/CY TIN CONTENT; GRAVEL UP TO 53 FT DEEP INDICATED BY DRILLING; PLACER GRAVELS FORM AN ALLUVIAL FAN ON THE COASTAL PLAIN AT MOUTH.
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 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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