Little Albert Creek

The Little Albert Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Little Albert Creek  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 65.66389, -145.05306

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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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