The Eldorado Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Eldorado Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eldorado Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS SITE OF MOST RECENT ACTIVITY; AT MOUTH OF CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): STIBNITE IN FLOAT
Comment (Production): MINING REPORTED 1975; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000 OZ AU
Comment (Development): IN 1975, NORTHWEST MINING CO. OPERATED A SLUICING PLANT AT CREEK MOUTH USING A BULLDOZER AND FRONT END LOADER; 400 TO 700 CY PROCESSED DAILY WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL
Comment (Deposit): RECENT MINING FROM ABOVE FALSE SILT BEDROCK; GRAVELS UPSTREAM ARE 2-4 FT THICK
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BLACK SLATY SCHIST ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 687, P. 88
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 755, P. 42
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 8-9, 13-14
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-168B, P. 37
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 47 LOC. 49
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 27
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