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Eldorado

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000329
MRDS ID A010384
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.82813, 60.87289 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF FISSURE MATERIAL: 25 OZ/TON
Result OF QUARTZ ONLY: UP TO 5.0 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.82813, 60.87289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S40W
    Dip 75N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer White, F. And Pederson, L

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alaska-Washington Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN 1947, BUT NO DATA AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE IN SHEAR ZONE IS 12 TO 48 INCHES WIDE AND FILLED WITH SHATTERED COUNTRY ROCK WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS AND LENSES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 30 INCHES QUARTZ IS BLUISH GRAY
Deposit ALMOST NO INFORMATION ON THIS GOLD LODE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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