Alaska
Producer

Buster Creek

Alaska, United States
GoldMercury
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Cinnabar, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Scheelite
GangueGarnet
Geology
Host rockAlluvium
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10107538
MRDS IDA013411
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.9032, -161.44987
References
Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, scale 1:250,000.Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.Hickok, B., and McAtee, J., 1990, Lode gold occurrences near the Kako and Stuyahok placer mines, southwestern Alaska: Calista Corporation, Anchorage, unpublished report, 17 p.Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Joesting, H.R., 1940, Preliminary evaluation of placer ground on Buster Creek, Kako district, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of MinesMiscellaneous Report 81-02, 11 p., 2 sheets.