Eldorado, Busia Lode

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver

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)
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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 Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -150.97649, 63.51126

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 55N
    Width 1M
    Length 122M
    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
    Date of Last Modification 890725

Economic information

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

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0020660042

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 066-125

  • Deposit

    BMOF24-78 184 pp.

  • Deposit

    BMOF129-84 p. 145 Locality # 11,13

Reporter information

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