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Fox Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097552
MRDS ID A015328
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Creek Placer
Related records 10185864

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.63073, 64.98995 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11 MILES NORTH OF FAIRBANKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-410, LOC. 52. PLACER GROUND ALONG FOX CREEK, A SOUTH FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF GOLDSTREAM CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER PLACER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) PzPxyqs
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE OUTCROPS NEAR HEAD OF CREEK. AT ONE LOCALITY NEAR HEAD, 500 FT. BACK FROM CREEK WHERE A SHALLOW DEPOSIT WAS BEING WORKED, DEPOSITS SHOWED 6 FEET OF SLIDE ROCK, CLAY, SAND, FINE GRAVEL, AND NEXT TO BEDROCK 1 FT. OF COARSE GRAVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1926

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on development

  • PLACER GOLD MINED SPORADICALLY FROM 1908 TO 1926. MINED BY HAND METHODS ONLY. LODE NEAR MOUTH HAS BEEN PROSPECTED FOR GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS; GRAVELS 6-19 FT. DEEP. MUCH SCHEELITE, ESTIMATED 90% OF CONCENTRATES, NEAR HEAD OF CREEK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT 150-200 FT. PER MILE. THREE PLACER MINING LOCALITIES MARKED BY COBB, 1972, ON MF-410 FOR LOCATION 52. LOCATION DISCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK IN FAIRBANKS QUAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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