Sanjo; Seven Sisters Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Sanjo; Seven Sisters Prospect	Prospect
Valdez Creek Mining District	Mining District
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

MAS/MIL number 20760085.
Location: This prospect consists of about a mile of placer claims on an unnamed creek about 2.5 miles west of the Susitna River. It is near the northeast corner of sec. 34, T. 22 S., R. 1 E, Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1/2 mile.
Geology: Gold occurs in alluvial gravel deposits in an unnamed creek that drains Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian basaltic and andesitic metavolcanic rocks (Csejtey and others, 1978). A stream-sediment sample contains 0.001 ounce of gold per cubic yard and 4 parts per billion palladium (Kurtak and others, 1992). Placer claims were staked in 1980. No mining claims were active as of January 1, 2000 (Northern Associates Inc., written communication, 2001).
Workings: Placer claims were staked in 1980. Limited stream sampling by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (Kurtak and others, 1992). No mining claims were active as of January 1, 2000 (Northern Associates Inc., written communication, 2001).
Age: Quaternary placer.

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

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	TK043

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