Kal Creek; Kalamazoo Creek Mine, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Kal Creek; Kalamazoo Creek Mine	Mine
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: Kal Creek, about 6 miles northwest of Boundary, is a small north tributary of Squaw Gulch. Kal Creek was referred to as Kalamazoo Creek in the early 1900's. The location of placer gold mining on Kal Creek is uncertain; the coordinates are near the mouth of Kal Creek, in section 3, T. 27 N., R. 21 E., of the Copper River Meridian; the location is accurate within 1 mile.
Geology: The rocks in the vicinity of Kal Creek are Paleozoic amphibolite-facies metamorphic rocks that have been intruded by plutons and dikes of probable Jurassic age (Foster, 1976; Szumigala and others, 2002). Ellsworth and Davenport (1913) reported placer gold mining at the head of Squaw Gulch, near the mouth of Kal (Kalamazoo) Creek. A small open-cut mining operation was active on Kal Creek in 1999 and 2000 (Norm LaFramboise, Boundary Explorations, Inc., written commun., 2000). Prindle (1909) reported that gold was found in a conspicuous outcrop of vein quartz and quartzitic schists about 1,000 feet long and 50 to 100 feet or more in width on the ridge south of Kalamazoo Creek (see EA149); local miners believed this to be the source of gold in the creek. There has been placer gold production on Squaw Gulch (EA147) downstream of Kal Creek.
Workings: Ellsworth and Davenport (1913) reported placer gold mining at the head of Squaw Gulch, near the mouth of Kal (Kalamazoo) Creek. A small open-cut mining operation was active on Kal Creek in 1999 and 2000 (Norm LaFramboise, Boundary Explorations, Inc., written commun., 2000).
Age: Quaternary.

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

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	EA146

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