Paldo Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Paldo Creek Mine	Mine
Fairbanks Mining District	Mining District
Fairbanks North Star Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: Paldo Creek is roughly 17 miles long and drains west into the Salcha River. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system reports placer mining on Paldo Creek, but it is unclear where mining activity took place. The approximate midpoint of the creek is in SE1/4SE1/4 section 25, T. 1 S., R. 17 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The creek can be accessed by the Salcha River. It was not identified as a separate location by Cobb (1972) or by Cobb and Eberlein (1980).
Geology: Paldo Creek drains west into the Salcha River. The bedrock comprises quartzite, phyllite, schist, gneiss, slate and marble. The schist is composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica, with localized garnetiferous and marble zones. The gneiss is coarse to fine grained with various amounts of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, and biotite. The schist and gneiss have suspected protoliths of Precambrian and Paleozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks. Numerous Tertiary and Cretaceous granodiorite to quartz monzonite igneous bodies intrude the area (Weber and others, 1978). The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Paldo Creek as recent as 1986. There are no indications of production from Paldo Creek.
Workings: The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Paldo Creek as recent as 1986.
Age: Quaternary
Production: There are no indications of production from Paldo Creek.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined.
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	BD030

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