Golconda Creek

The Golconda Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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