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Chandalar Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000509
MRDS ID A010701
Record type Site
Current site name Chandalar Area
Alternate or previous names Tobin Creek, Little Squaw Creek, Big Squaw Creek, St. Mary's Gulch, Big Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.49218, 67.50251 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandalar C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandalar N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandalar C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 40 SQ MI. AREA OF INTEREST IS ALONG TOBIN AND LITTLE SQUAW CREEKS, NE OF GIVEN LOCATION 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
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Galena Gangue
Monazite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Scheelite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BULK SAMPLING YIELDS OF 0.0275-0.04 TOZ/CU. YD.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.49218, 67.50251
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1984

Mining district

District name Chandalar District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canadian Barranca Corp., Ltd.
    Home office Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Type Owner
    Owner Little Squaw Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • THERE MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN PRODUCTION IN 1970'S

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNCONFIRMED COMPANY REPORTS OF RESERVES OF 100,000 TO 500,000 TOZ (1984)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CREEK AND BENCH PLACERS MELO TOGETHER AND ARE HARD TO DISTINGUISH. GOLD AT AU LEVELS OF GRAVELS, NOT JUST AT BASE.

Reporter information

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

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