The Little Albert Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Little Albert Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Albert Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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 samples taken.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Weber and Foster, 1982.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Several small colors of gold were panned from two samples of pink, sandy conglomerate of possible Tertiary age. The sandy conglomerate is poorly to moderately sorted, locally pink or orange-brown, with well-rounded clasts that are generally 1-5 cm in diameter. Some boulders are up to 45 cm in diameter. A pebble count of 100 clasts resulted in 44 quartzite, 37 quartz, 9 weathered schistose quartzite, and 10 chert (Weber and Foster, 1982).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Weber, F.R., and Foster, H.L., 1982, Tertiary(?) conglomerate and Quaternary faulting in the Circle Quadrangle, Alaska in Coonrad, W. L., ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska; Accomplishments during 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 844, p. 58-61.
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