The East Fork Chulitna River is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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East Fork Chulitna River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: East Fork Chulitna River
Secondary: Hole
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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 (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The East Fork Chulitna River drains an area containing porphyry, skarn, and polymetallic, metamorphic, and epithermal vein deposits, all having significant Au contents. These deposits probably are the source of placer gold in the East Fork Chulitna River. Two placer samples from the site contained traces of gold (Balen, 1990: OFR 34-90).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface exploration only.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = (Balen, 1990 OFR 34-90)
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
References
Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
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