Colorado Creek

Alaska, United States

Gold Silver Mercury Palladium Antimony Uranium

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryGold, Silver

SecondaryMercury, Palladium, Antimony, Uranium

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Model119: Placer Au-PGE

Materials

Ore mineralsCoulsonite, Gold, Powellite, Palladium, Samarskite, Xanthoconite

GangueGarnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite

Geology

Host rockGravel

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

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References

Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.Patton, W.W., Jr., Moll, E.J., Dutro, J.T., Jr., Silberman, M.L., and Chapman, R.M., 1980, Preliminary geologic map of Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-A, 1 sheet, scale l:250,000.Thorson, R.M., and Guthrie, R.D., 1982, Stratigraphy of the Colorado Creek Mammoth locality, Alaska: Quaternary Research, vol. 37, p. 214-278.Bundtzen, T.K., Pinney, D.S., and Laird, G.M., 1997, Preliminary geologic map and descriptive data tables from the Ophir C-1 and western Medfra C-6 quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File Report 97-46, 10 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Identification

Deposit ID10107524

MRDS IDA012433

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates63.61252, -155.99995