The Colorado Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 689 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 689 Feet (210 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 63.6069, -155.98890
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Colorado Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colorado Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rosander Mining Co. (Attn. Ronald Rosander).
Company ID: 5000386
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1986
Production
Not available
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 (Deposit): NO ALASKA KARDEX. PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1966: 41,642 OZ. OF GOLD, 5,445 OZ. OF SILVER (USBMAFOC FILES). IN THE PAST MINING WAS DONE BY MEANS OF A HYDRAULIC PLANT AND ELEVATOR (B864). RONALD ROSANDER WORKED COLORADO CREEK WITH A DOZER IN 1975. ADDRESS: RONALD ROSANDER, MCGRATH, AK 99627 3 FT. OF MUCK UNDERLAIN BY 8-17 FT OF GRAVEL. THE GRAVEL IS COARSE WITH MANY LG BOULDERS, CONSISTS OF GRANITIC ROCKS AND CHERT, WITH SMALLER AMTS OF BASALTIC ROCKS, GREENSTONE, AND SANDSTONE. THE BEDROCK IS A SOFT, IRON-STAINED SANDSTONE, PROBABLY OF UPPER CRETACEOUS OR EOCENE AGE. THE GOLD EXTENDS FROM LOWER 2 FT. OF GRAVEL THROUGH SEVERAL FT. OF BEDROCK. UNREPORTED PRODUCTION DURING 1993 (SR 48).
References
Reference (Deposit): B542m pp. 293-295
Reference (Deposit): B864C pp. 172-173
Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 52
Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1985 No. 319
Reference (Deposit): SR39 p. 24
Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,
Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1994. AK DIV.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 27.
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