The Golconda Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Golconda Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golconda Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nizina
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings. Hand methods and small-scale hydraulic operations.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Gold (native)
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit, 1914
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Probably produced between 2000 and 3000 oz Au.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Shallow placer deposits, maximum 8 ft deep, in modern stream gravels. Older alluvial terraces are known to be auriferous.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer: stream, bench.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Most important gold producing stream in the Bremner River area.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1912, The Taral and Bremner River districts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520, p. 93-104.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1937, Recent mineral developments in the Copper River region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880, p. 97-109.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1914, Geology of the Hanagita-Bremner region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 576, 56 p.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1912, The Chitina copper district, in Mineral resources of Alaska in 1911: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520, p. 105-107.
Reference (Deposit): Mendenhall, W.C., 1905, Geology of the central Copper River region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 41, 133 p.
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