Little Eldorado Creek

The Little Eldorado Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 899 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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