Mine detail: Eldorado Creek (tributary of Colorado Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

63.54736, -156.01361

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Magnetite
Gangue:	Garnet, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:

Rocks adjacent to the monzonite are hornfelsed, with local development of garnet- and magnetite-bearing skarn in calcareous volcanic and sedimentary rocks (Avalon Development Corp., 1998; S. Dashevsky, 2001, oral commun.).

References

DEP	10308033
Reference	{Deposit:: Thorson, R.M., and Guthrie, R.D., 1982, Stratigraphy of the Colorado Creek mammoth locality, Alaska: Quaternary Research, v. 37, no. 2, p. 214-228.}{Deposit:: McGinnis, M.F., McCoy, M.E., Nerup, M.R., and Barnett, D., 1997, Colorado Creek project Alaska, 1997 summary report: unpublished Placer Dome Exploration Inc. report, 37 p.}{Deposit:: Avalon Development Corp., 1998, Colorado Creek project, Ophir and Medfra quadrangles, southwest Alaska: report prepared for NovaGold Resources Inc., 9 p.}{Deposit:: Duncan, R.G., 1999, Colorado Creek project, Alaska, interim report: unpublished report for Poseidon Minerals Ltd., 22 p.}{Deposit:: Dashevsky, S.S., 2000, Colorado Creek project (Au) Innoko district, Alaska: unpublished report for Rosander Mining Company, 7 p.}
Reporter	C.E. Cameron