Unnamed (lower Little Eldorado Creek in the Chatanika flats)

The Unnamed (lower Little Eldorado Creek in the Chatanika flats) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (lower Little Eldorado Creek in the Chatanika flats)

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: 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

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Little Eldorado Creek drains the north side of Pedro Dome. Bedrock in the headwaters area consists of granodiortie on Pedro Dome and micaceous quartzite, quartz-mica schist and pelitic schist of the Fairbanks schist unit (Weber and others, 1992). These drift mines access deep aurfierous gravel in the Chatanika flats. Production figures for these drift mines have not been reported.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Mining by drift methods only. During the winter of 1995-1996, a crew of six mined 17,000 cubic yards of high grade gravel using low profile loaders and excavators. The gravel was sluiced during the summer months of 1996 (Swainbank and others, 1997). Underground placer operations continued in 1997 (Swainbank and others, 1998).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Swainbank and others, 1997

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Production figures for these drift mines have not been reported.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

References

Reference (Deposit): Weber, F.R., Wheeler, K.L., Rinehart, C.D., Chapman, R. M., and Blodgett, R.B., 1992, Geologic map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-562, 20 p. , 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Swainbank, R.C., Clautice, K.C., and Nauman, J.L., 1998, Alaska's Mineral Industry 1997: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 52, 65 p.

Reference (Deposit): Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T. K., Clough A.H., and Henning, M.W., 1997, Alaska's mineral industry 1996: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 51, 68 p.

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.