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Little Eldorado Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin, Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002994
MRDS ID A015501
Record type Site
Current site name Little Eldorado Creek Placer
Related records 10257737

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.53629, 65.058 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-413, LOC. 86, 87. TAILINGS MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-2). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF TAILINGS AT HEAD OF CREEK. 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
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Wolframite Gangue
Scheelite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.53629, 65.058
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • A VERY HEAVY BODY OF TERRACE DEPOSITS AND SLOPE WASH ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE VALLEY HAS MADE PROSPECTING DIFFICULT. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY SCHIST; CREEK HEADS IN QUARTZ DIORITE OF PEDRO DOME. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD PROBABLY PEDRO DOME QUARTZ DIORITE INTRUSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • ALLUVIUM GENERALLY FROZEN.

Comments on development

  • MINED FROM 1907 TO 1941 WITH A FEW INACTIVE YEARS; SOME PRODUCTION, 1948-54. WORKED BY UNDERGROUND DRIFT MINING IN LOWER PART OF VALLEY, AND BY DRIFTING AND LATER DREDGING IN UPPER PART OF VALLEY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FEET PER MILE. POSSIBLY SOME POTENTIALLY MINABLE GROUND REMAINS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE VALLEY. LOCATION DESCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit GOLD MAINLY IN BENCH PLACERS; SOME GOLD IN CREEK. IN LOWER PART OF VALLEY GROUND IS 85-175 FT. DEEP. PROSPECT SHAFTS ALONG BENCH EAST OF CREEK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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