The Paldo Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Paldo Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paldo Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Paldo Creek drains west into the Salcha River. The bedrock comprises quartzite, phyllite, schist, gneiss, slate and marble. The schist is composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica, with localized garnetiferous and marble zones. The gneiss is coarse to fine grained with various amounts of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, and biotite. The schist and gneiss have suspected protoliths of Precambrian and Paleozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks. Numerous Tertiary and Cretaceous granodiorite to quartz monzonite igneous bodies intrude the area (Weber and others, 1978). The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Paldo Creek as recent as 1986. There are no indications of production from Paldo Creek.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Production): Production Notes = There are no indications of production from Paldo Creek.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Paldo Creek as recent as 1986.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Weber and others, 1978
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
References
Reference (Deposit): Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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