Eldorado, Busia Lode

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281590
MAS/MILS ID 0020660042
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado, Busia Lode
Alternate or previous names Eldorado 1-4, Eagle's Den

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -150.97649, 63.51126 (WGS84)
Elevation 594
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 016 S 018 W 23 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Dmi

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 55N
    Length 122M
    Width 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60W:55N
    Date of Last Modification 890725

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Fuksa
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Mjn-Mirl U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.