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Gold Dust Creek

Gold Dust Creek drains the southwest slope of Mastodon Dome and empties into Birch Creek just below the mouth of Eagle Creek. Gravel clasts in Gold Dust Creek are sub-angular to sub-rounded; commonly they are as much as 30 cm in diameter and rarely are 1 m in diameter. The width of mined gravel is 70 m or more for most of the creek length.

The simple sluice-box operation used in the early 1980’s was moderate to highly efficient in recovering coarse gold, but low in recovering fine gold. As a result, considerable study and research by the local miners led to the introduction of a sophisticated wash plant that used jigs. Gold in the 120- to 400-mesh range was routinely recovered in this operation.

Some characteristics of this fine gold were revealed that had not been previously recognized. Besides the typical bright yellow gold, some was a brown-gray with a porous surface. Shape ranged from crystalline wire gold to granular beads.

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