The Little Eldorado Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Little Eldorado Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Eldorado Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
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
Year First Production: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Wolframite
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 86, 87. TAILINGS MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-2). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF TAILINGS AT HEAD OF CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINED FROM 1907 TO 1941 WITH A FEW INACTIVE YEARS; SOME PRODUCTION, 1948-54. WORKED BY UNDERGROUND DRIFT MINING IN LOWER PART OF VALLEY, AND BY DRIFTING AND LATER DREDGING IN UPPER PART OF VALLEY.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD MAINLY IN BENCH PLACERS; SOME GOLD IN CREEK. IN LOWER PART OF VALLEY GROUND IS 85-175 FT. DEEP. PROSPECT SHAFTS ALONG BENCH EAST OF CREEK.
Comment (Workings): ALLUVIUM GENERALLY FROZEN.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FEET PER MILE. POSSIBLY SOME POTENTIALLY MINABLE GROUND REMAINS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE VALLEY. LOCATION DESCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Geology): A VERY HEAVY BODY OF TERRACE DEPOSITS AND SLOPE WASH ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE VALLEY HAS MADE PROSPECTING DIFFICULT. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY SCHIST; CREEK HEADS IN QUARTZ DIORITE OF PEDRO DOME. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD PROBABLY PEDRO DOME QUARTZ DIORITE INTRUSIVE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 337, P. 42-43.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (A-2), LOC. 86, 87.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 525, P. 100
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