Mine detail: Boob Creek

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Location:	Ophir County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long:	63.33064, -157.0059
dep_id:	10308976
mrds_id:	A015001
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Cassiterite, Cinnabar, Gold, Magnetite, Platinum, Pyrite
gangue:	Garnet, Quartz
model:	119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter:	C.E. Cameron
References:	Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., Jr., and Harrington, G.L., 1916, Mineral resources of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral Resources of Alaska, Report on Progress of Investigations in 1915: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 642, p. 223-266. Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1918, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1916: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, 469 p. Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1919, Alask* mineral supplies: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 666, p 89-102. Deposit:: Martin, G.C., 1919, Alaska Mining Industry in 1917: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692, p. 11-42 Deposit:: Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52. Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., and Martin, G. C. 1921, The Alaska mining industry in 1919: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714, p. 59-95. Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The occurrence of metalliferous deposits in the Yukon and Kuskokwim regions: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 739, p. 149-165. Deposit:: Brooks, A.H. and Capps, S.R., 1924, Mineral industry in Alaska, 1922: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 755, p. 1-56. Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., Jr., and Harrington, G.L., 1924, The Ruby-Kuskokwim Region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 754, 129 pages. Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1969, Economic geology of platinum minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 630, 120 p. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-367, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p. Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alask* mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p. Deposit:: Hawley, C.C., and Buxton, C.L., 1991, Boob Creek placer prospect, western Alaska: unpublished company report, Hawley Resource Group, 13 p. Deposit:: Dashevsky, S.S., 2001, Tolstoi project (Au, Pt) Innoko district, Alaska: unpublished report for 3D Mining, Inc., 8 p.