Colorado Creek

The Colorado Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 689 feet.

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Mine Info

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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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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