The Laurada Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Laurada Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laurada Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
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 = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Laurada Creek has been placer mined over most of its 1-mile length, probably at about the same time as mining on nearby Moss Gulch (NM275). Mining may also have occurred at other times, but it has not been reported. The headwaters of Laurada Creek are at elevations and physiographic settings where coastal plain deposits could be present. The deposit probably formed in part from reworking a Third Beach deposit on the flank of Army Hill (Metcalfe and Tuck, 1942, p. 32).
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Metcalfe and Tuck, 1942
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer mine tailings are present on Laurada Creek at a surface elevation of about 50 feet. Claim activity was reported as recently as 1968 and 1974 (Heiner and Porter, 1972; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Metcalfe, J.B., and Tuck, Ralph, 1942, Placer gold deposits of the Nome district, Alaska: Report for U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co., 175 p.
Reference (Deposit): Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.
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