Deposit ID | 10101004 |
---|---|
MRDS ID | A015001 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Boob Creek Placer Mine |
Related records | 10185606 |
Geographic coordinates: | -157.00299, 63.33 (WGS84) |
---|---|
Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Relative position | Within 0.25 Mi Radius |
(click for info) |
Country | State |
---|---|
United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
---|---|
Gold | Primary |
Platinum | Secondary |
Tin | Tertiary |
Mercury | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
---|---|
Gold | Ore |
Platinum | Ore |
Garnet | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Cassiterite | Unknown |
Cinnabar | Unknown |
Host or associated | Host |
---|---|
Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
(1) | -157.00299, 63.33 |
---|
Development status | Past Producer |
---|---|
Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1915 |
Year of first production | 1915 |
Year of last production | 1919 |
District name | Innoko |
---|
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015001 |
USGS BULL. 692, P. 349-350
USGS BULL. 1374, P. 149, 152
USGS PP 630, P. 89-90
USBM OFR 84-22, P. 8
BAG-MF-367-02
Subject category | Comment text |
---|---|
Deposit | Discovery Year: 1915-16 |
Deposit | GRAVEL 2-4 FT THICK UNDERNEATH 25-30 FT OF OVERBURDEN; MINED BY UNDERGROUND METHODS; CASSITERITE AND CINNABAR IN CONCENTRATES |
Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
Deposit | ONLY CREEK IN DISTRICT THAT PRODUCED PLATINUM; STREAM GRADIENT LESS THAN 50 FT/MI ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Reporter | 01-MAR-87 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |