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Fish Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232769
MAS/MILS ID 0020500199
Record type Site
Current site name Fish Creek
Alternate or previous names Fish Creek 1-3 Above, Fish Creek Discovery, Fish Creek 1-2 Below, Bear Association, Sunset Association, Denver Association, Sam 1-2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -146.99464, 65.05908 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 003 N 004 E 29 SESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -146.99464, 65.05908
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1927

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Simo Pejnovich
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John Pejnovich
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sam Pejnovich
    Year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1927
    Description 288 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 8957.8g
  • Year 1927
    Description 105,479 Yards Processed. 2087 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 64912.96g
  • Year 1934
    Description 1380 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 42922.8g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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