The Little Eldorado Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 899 feet.
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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
Elevation: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.0597, -147.53190
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Little Eldorado Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Eldorado Creek
Secondary: Eldorado Creek
Secondary: Last Chance Creek
Secondary: Idaho
Secondary: Idaho Mining and Leasing Co.
Secondary: Bleecker Estate
Secondary: U.V. Industries
Secondary: Louis Creek
Secondary: Jee-Bee
Secondary: Hughes Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bob Hughes
Company ID: 5001333
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Hughes Enterprises
Company ID: 5001333
Info Year: 1981
Production
Year: 1923
Description: 7,801 Yards Processed. 922 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 14,400 Yards Processed. 2708 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 7,464 Yards Processed. 1561 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 2,074 Yards Processed. 803 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 216 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 9,311 Yards Processed. 1604 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 331 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 10,035 Yards Processed. 2296 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 502 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 11,658 Yards Processed. 3411 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 8,726 Yards Processed. 1962 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 40 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 212 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 124 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 2,666 Yards Processed. 622 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 545 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 183 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 50 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 632 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 8,000 Yards Processed. 102 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1926
Description: 428 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 160 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 1632 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Ownership): OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: BOB HUGHES GENERAL DELIVERY NORTH POLE, ALASKA 99705
Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB D002657 M. S. 2005 AUGUST, 1939 ON LITTLE ELDORADO CREEK CLAIMS-PAT #1104631. M. S. 1950 ISSUED ON ELDORADO CREEK CLAIM IN 1928. M. S. 1738 ISSUED 1926, PAT #978053 AND M. S. 1983 ISSUED 1942-PAT #1115068. M. S. 2009 ISSUED JUNE 1941-PAT #1111569. (SEE ALASKA KARDEX 49-263 FOR ADDITIONAL PATENTED CLAIMS) PRIOR TO 1950, LITTLE ELDORADO CREEK AU PROD.: 24,813 OZ; AG PRODUCTION: 3,033 OZ (USBM-AFOC FILES). SCHEELITE AND CASSITERITE FOUND IN LITTLE ELDORADO CR. ALF HOPEN WORKED THE CREEK DURING 1993 (SR 48).
References
Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 40-41
Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 39
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 pp. 32, 37
Reference (Deposit): B1024I pp. 188, 210
Reference (Deposit): MF413
Reference (Deposit): SR38 pp. 10, 25
Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 51
Reference (Deposit): B662b pp. 51, 54
Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 39
Reference (Deposit): B714b p. 81
Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 29
Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B755c p. 146
Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B783a pp. 11-13
Reference (Deposit): B792a p. 17
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 20
Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 25
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 33
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 32
Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 43, 45
Reference (Deposit): B642c pp. 58-59
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 22
Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.
Reference (Deposit): B480j pp. 156-157
Reference (Deposit): B520n p. 242
Reference (Deposit): B525a pp. 100, 107, 112-113
Reference (Deposit): B525b p. 190
Reference (Deposit): B542i p. 176
Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 205
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 68
Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 358
Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 54
Reference (Deposit): B622l p. 232
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-007
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-019
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-066
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-083
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-084
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-098
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-118
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-130
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-137
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-188
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-190
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-191
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-263
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-268
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-338
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-373
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-524
Reference (Deposit): B337 pp. 42-43
Reference (Deposit): B345c p. 42
Reference (Deposit): B379k pp. 188, 190-191
Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 233
Reference (Deposit): B442o p. 246
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