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Yellow Pup 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308846
MRDS ID A015339
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Pup Creek
Related records 10308848, 10112032, 10002858

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.32294, 64.98768 (WGS84)
Relative position Yellow Pup Creek has been placer mined 0.5 mile above its mouth on Pearl Creek; the mine tailings are shown on the Fairbanks (D-1) NW topographic map. The coordinates given are for the approximate center of the placered area. It is about 1.5 miles northeast of the top of Gilmore Dome in sec. 22, T. 2 N., R. 2 E., Fairbanks Meridian.

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-1(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.32294, 64.98768
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The headwaters of Yellow Pup Creek lie within Fairbanks Schist, which is composed of amphibolite, biotite schist, quartz schist, and marble. The rocks near the lower part of the creek consist of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist of the Fairbanks Schist (Newberry and others, 1996). Placer gold was mined near the confluence of Pearl Creek and Yellow Pup Creek from 1911 to 1914 and from 1938 to 1940 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 109]). The placer mine shown on the Fairbanks (D-1) NW topographic map farther upstream on Yellow Pup Creek has been active in recent years.
  • Age = Quaternary placer.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No information is available on the production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Placer gold was mined near the confluence of Pearl Creek and Yellow Pup Creek from 1911 to 1914 and from 1938 to 1940 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 109]). The placer mine shown on the Fairbanks (D-1) NW quadrangle farther upstream on Yellow Pup Creek indicate that mining has occurred in recent years.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-662)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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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