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Buckley Bar

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135999
MRDS ID a012214
MAS/MILS ID 0020500119
Record type Site
Current site name Buckley Bar
Alternate or previous names Happy Valley 1-6, Last Chance 1-3, Birch Creek, Hooker 1-2, Last Chance 1-11, No Name Creek, Buckley Bar Birch Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -144.5529, 65.33034 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Location accuracy 100(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

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 UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 006 N 015 E 24 S2NESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -144.5529, 65.33034
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gary Powers
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Diana Borchert
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Richard Thorpe
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Martin Limelman
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1985 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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