Alaska
Past Producer

Buck Creek

Alaska, United States
TinGold
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model123: Alluvial placer Sn
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10308728
Alternate namesLeft Fork, West Fork, Peluk Creek, Upper Buck Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.64226, -167.51443
References
Heide, H.E. and Rutledge, F.A., 1949, Investigations of Potato Mountain tin placer deposits, Seward Peninsula, northwestern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 4418, 21 p.Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Hudson, T.L., and Reed, B.L., 1997, Tin deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 450-465.Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-587, 130 p.Mulligan, J.J., 1965, Tin-lode investigations. Potato Mountain area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6587, 85 p.