The Chandalar Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Chandalar Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chandalar Area
Secondary: Tobin Creek
Secondary: Little Squaw Creek
Secondary: Big Squaw Creek
Secondary: St. Mary's Gulch
Secondary: Big Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chandalar District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Little Squaw Gold Mining Co.
Owner Name: Canadian Barranca Corp., Ltd.
Home Office: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1984
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BULK SAMPLING YIELDS OF 0.0275-0.04 TOZ/CU. YD.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Monazite
Gangue: Scheelite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): UNCONFIRMED COMPANY REPORTS OF RESERVES OF 100,000 TO 500,000 TOZ (1984)
Comment (Production): THERE MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN PRODUCTION IN 1970'S
Comment (Deposit): CREEK AND BENCH PLACERS MELO TOGETHER AND ARE HARD TO DISTINGUISH. GOLD AT AU LEVELS OF GRAVELS, NOT JUST AT BASE.
Comment (Geology): REG.COM: QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST
Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 40 SQ MI. AREA OF INTEREST IS ALONG TOBIN AND LITTLE SQUAW CREEKS, NE OF GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1374, P. 113-114
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 76-340, P. 12, 43-44, 59, 69
Reference (Production): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 113. ALASKA CONSTRUCTION AND OIL MARCH 1984, P. 31
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