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Gold from
Boulder Creek Mine, Selawik Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boulder Creek Mine, Selawik Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:577555
Long-form Identifier:1:3:577555:2
GUID (UUID V4):59698960-77bc-44f2-8676-bb949f99363c
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
12.2km (7.6 miles) Koopuk Creek; Koo-o-puk Creek; Koobuk Creek Mine, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) Meinzer Creek Prospect, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
37.7km (23.4 miles) Sugar Loaf Creek Prospect, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
41.1km (25.6 miles) Hunter Creek Occurrence, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
43.1km (26.8 miles) Kiwalik Flats; Keewalik Flats Mine, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
44.0km (27.3 miles) Candle Creek Mine (ARDF - CA040), Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
44.4km (27.6 miles) John Bull Hill Mine, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
45.3km (28.2 miles) Minnehaha Creek; Mud Creek Mine, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
47.4km (29.5 miles) Jump Creek Mine, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
47.9km (29.8 miles) Spruce Creek Prospect, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Placer Deposits of Alaska By EDWARD H. COBB GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374 An inventory of the...the placer mines and prospects of Alaska, their history and geologic setting UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...and method of presentation __ Definitions _-____ Alaska Peninsula region Aleutian Islands region ________...Anchorage district _ Redoubt district ___-_ _ Valdez Creek district __ _ Willow Creek district Yentna district...district _____________ _ ____ __________ _____ Copper River region __ _ _ _ Chistochina district Nelchina
Report (issue)
1984 Annual Report on Alaska 1 S Mineral Resources U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 940 ~·. Prepared...of Energy As mandated by Section 70 7 7 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...(illustrator) John Mulligan, Bureau of Mines Thomas Pike, Alaska Department of Natural Resources Katherine Reed...U.S. Geological Survey 1984 Annua I Report on Alaska 1 S Mineral Resources U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Department of Energy As mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public
Report (issue)
A diamond-drill crew explores the Johnson River gold-polymetallic deposit near Iliamna volcano about...(997,542 tonnes) grading 10.35 grams per tonnes gold, 7.84 grams per tonnes silver, 8.37% zinc, 1.17%...developed, the deposit will be mined by underground mining methods. The deposit is part of lands owned by...fine) gold nuggets recovered from Silverado Mines Inc. openpit and underground placer gold mine operations...Mary's bench depositsin the Koyukuk-Nolan district of northern Alaska. The center nugget weighs 41.35 ounces
Report (issue)
Department of Energy As mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...Department of Energy As mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...activity in precious metals •••••••.•••••••• Placer mining for precious metals..............................PetroleurnGeologic Provinces, areas offered for lease, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge study area, proposed gas-line.......................... 6. Status of Level III Alaska Mineral Resources Assessment Progrmn studies, January
Report (issue)
The Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program Background Information to Accompany Mineral-Resource and...Maps of the Anchorage Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska V .U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 1094 Cover...G.K. Gilbert and other members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition after they had named many of the surrounding...geographic dictionary of Alaska. Photograph by G.R. Winkler, July 14, 1983. The Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment...Maps of the Anchorage Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska By D.J. MADDEN-McGUIRE and G.R. WINKLER U.S. GEOLOGICAL
Report (issue)
Selawik quadrangle Descriptions of the mineral occurrences shown on the accompanying figure follow. See...mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. SE008 7 . / <£" SE006'. seooy SE001-J »...mineral occurrences in the Selawik l:250,000-scale quadrangle, northwestern Alaska This and related reports...00-005 Alaska Resource Data File SE001 Site name(s): Unnamed (on tributary to Hunt Creek) Site type:...on an unnamed, north-flowing tributary to Hunt Creek. This site is in section 21, T. 9 N., R. 5 W., of
Report (issue)
Development Division of Mining & Water Management FRONT COVER Top: Ryan Lode Mine gold recovery plant and...investigates a silver prospect in the Chulitna mining district during a DGGS mapping project in July 1997...(left) and Jim Vohden (right) of the Alaska Division of Mining & Water Management, and Bronwen Wang of...zone on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY...ip nw si 9" K.H. Clautice + ee J.L. Nauman Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological
Report (issue)
NOBTHEKN KOYUKUK VALLEY, ALASKA BY ROBERT MARSHALL Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931 (Pages 247-256) ...conducting investigations of the mineral resources of Alaska, about one half of the Territory has been surveyed...rivers from those that flow northward into the Arctic Ocean. Surveys of parts of the Koyukuk region have...observations regarding the physical features of this district and has coordinated them with the facts hitherto...publication. 11011 34 1 247 248 MINERAL KESOUECES OF ALASKA, 1931 INTRODUCTION The Koyukuk River, which is
Report (volume)
Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska By HENRY C. BERG and EDWARD H. COBB . G E O L O G I C A L S...A n inventory of the mines and )- grosfiects of Alaska and their ' f geologic settings UNITED STATES...acknowledgments--- - - - - - ----- - - - -- - -- 4 Alaska Peninsula region- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -...Iron---------------------------_---_- ....................... 11 Gold and copper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Report (issue)
mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. \ «CA042 CAM8 CAM7 j ' CAMS' , c Al CAMS...Candle l:250,000-scale quadrangle, northwestern Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...Williams Anchorage, AK Location of nup area In Alaska This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed...OPEN-FILE REPORT 00-025 Alaska Resource Data File CA001 Site name(s): Alameda Creek Site type: Prospect...Placer ground located east of headwaters of Alameda Creek. The map site is in section 23.T.5S..R. 12 W., of
Report (issue)
Department of Energy As mandated by Section 10 11 of the Alaska National interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...U.S. Geological Survey 1983 Annual Report on Alaska 1 S Mineral Resources GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Prepared...Department of Energy As mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...Lands and conservation units established by the Alaska ~ational Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980...Geological Provinces, areas offered for lease, Arctic ~ational Wildlife Refuge study area, proposed gas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Structural Evolution of the Rock Creek Gold Deposit, Seward Peninsula, Alaska BRUCE R. OTTO,1,†,* JOE PIEKENBROCK...Nome, Alaska 99762-0640 Abstract Sheeted quartz veins at Rock Creek contain an indicated gold resource...located on the Seward Peninsula, 12 km north of Nome, Alaska, occurs in variably graphitic greenschist-facies...upper Proterozoic Nome Group. The veins at Rock Creek, as at many prospects in the southwestern Seward...northeast and northwest structures. The veins diminish in frequency along strike across the northwest-trending
Report (issue)
LODE MINING AND PROSPECTING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. The lodes of Seward...undeveloped. The Big Hurrah mine, in the Solomon district, produced gold from 1903 to 1907 but has not...shipments of gold ore have been made from the Sliscovich mine, on Manila Creek, in the Nome district, but these...two properties, gold lode development is still in the stage of prospecting. Lode mining of some of the...published later. GOLD. SLISCOVICH. The Sliscovich mine, near the head of Manila Creek, has been described
Report (issue)
SURVEY KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA By Donald Grybeck Open-file report 77-166C 1977...BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA by Donald Grybeck This report, one of a series under the Regional Alaska Mineral Resource...mineral deposits of the Brooks Range. The Regional Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program is directed...the land selected under section 17 (d)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Brooks Range Because...unlikely in most of the area with the exception of the Arctic National Wildlife Range. There are no published
Report (volume)
GOLD PLACERS OF THE CIRCLE DISTRICT, ALASKA- Past, Present, and Future U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Hydraulic mining of North Fork of Harrison Creek, 1980. This was the last hydraulic mining operation...operation in the Circle district. Lower left Placer mining on Eagle Creek in July 1988. Right Panning for heavy...heavy minerals along Ketchem Creek. CORRECTION FOR GPO JACKET (FY91) 585-040 (PRINT ORDER 30035) U.S...within the map area for unit TKg. Gold Placers of the Circle District, AlaskaPast, Present, and Future
Report (issue)
mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 1K'«r RM111 /BN140 / WtKS\ / /BN057 / BBN^///BNl4...Bendeleben 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, western Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...REPORT 99-332 Alaska Resource Data File BN001 Site name(s): Idaho Creek Site type: Mine ARDFno.: BN001...description and accuracy: This location is on Idaho Creek, 3,000 to 4,500 feet north of its mouth on the Kuzitrin...Main: Au Other: Ore minerals: Gold Gangue minerals: Geologic description: Gold colors are reported from an
Report (issue)
SELECTED CRITICAL AND STRATEGIC MINERAL COMMODITIES IN ALASKA Compiled by Edward H. Cobb and Dennis R. St. Aubin...the series. Abbreviations used are: AOF, State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...and others, 1981 (OF 81-767A), p. A16 [Cr] Katak Creek: Cobb and others, 1981 (OF 81-767A), p. A19 [Sn]... p. A8 [Cr] Selawik Hills: Eakins and others, 1977 (AOF 109), p. 30 [Nb, Ta] Ekiek Creek: Cobb and Miller...[Ni] Ruby Creek (Bornite): Cobb and Mayfield, 1981 (OF 81-570A), p. A8-A9 [Co] Dahl Creek: Cobb and Miller
Report (issue)
mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 153 00 63 00 TL004 TL005 TL006 * (i|:4 TL069...Talkeetna 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, southcentral Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...110631 Anchorage, AK 99511 Location of map area in Alaska This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed...REPORT 99-139 ZUSGS science for a changing world Alaska Resource Data File TL001 Site name(s): Boedeker;...the Hidden River, a short distance east of Swift Creek. The prospect is at an elevation of 4000 feet in
Report (issue)
of which over $80,000,000 *is the value of the gold won from placer mines. Lode prospecting began soon...given to the mining of stibnite-bearing lodes, but it soon subsided. The Big Hurrah quartz mine is the only...only lode-gold producer that was opened up on any considerable scale, and this mine was operated only...done at the Lost River tin mine, the Kougarok silver-lead property, and the gold lodes near Bluff, but elsewhere...the platinum recovered from the placers of Dime Creek. Basic igneous rocks occur in the vicinity of these
Report (issue)
THE COLLECTOR The Alaska Highway; Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Yukon/Alaska border Ann P. Sabina...brief geological history How to use this guide The Alaska Highway Kiskatinaw River occurrences Pine River...River Ornamental quartzite occurrence Churchill Mine Toad River hot springs Liard River hot springs Smith...Cantung Mine King Jade Mine Side trip to the Cassiar and Dease Lake areas Cassiar Asbestos Mine Snowy Creek...Creek jade occmTence McDame Creek jade occurrence Cassiar gold occurrences Dease Lake area placers Dease
Report (issue)
FOR THE COLLECTOR THE ALASKA HIGHWAY; DAWSON CREEK, BRITISH COLUMBIA TO YUKON/ALASKA BORDER Ann P. Sabina... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Alaska Highway Kiskatinaw River occurrences.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Churchill Mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canada Tungsten Mine........................................ King Jade...Asbestos Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snowy Creek jade
Report (volume)
D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF ALASKA BY MARCUS BAKER SEC03ST3D EIDITIOIT PKEPAHE...established; old mining fields have been developed and new ones discovered and prospected; mining camps of that...PEEFACE. the same as names met at every turn in the mining regions of the West. The first edition of this-...years ago determined to prepare a dictionary of Alaska geographic names and appointed a committee which...approve the second 'edition of the Dictionary of Alaska Geographic Names, which has recently, been prepared
Report (issue)
mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 144' 147' Distribution of mineral occurrences...occurrences in the Big Delta 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...This compilation is authored by: Cameron Rombach Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys 794...OPEN-FILE REPORT 99-354 Alaska Resource Data File BD001 Site name(s): Banner Creek Site type: Mines ARDFno...accuracy: Banner Creek drains southward into the Tanana River. The approximate center of mining activity on
Report (issue)
.............................................. Arctic coastal plain ............................................. 43 Distribution and source of placer gold .............................................................................................. 47 Gold ................................................................................................ Arctic region ........................................................................................ Arctic River ........................................
Report (issue)
Director °\ Bulletin 880 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1935 ...separate publication] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1935, by P. S. Smith (published in March 1937)...Capps (published in January 1938). Ill (D) The Eska Creek coal deposits, Matanuska Valley, by Ralph Tuck (published...publications on Alaska..___0n back of plate 1 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATB 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas...covered by selected available reports and maps of Alaska.._-______----___________ In pocket 2. Reconnaissance
 
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