East Fork Chulitna River

The East Fork Chulitna River is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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

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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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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