Fairbanks District-Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000284
MRDS ID D002171
Record type District
Current site name Fairbanks District-Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.66966, 64.99968 (WGS84)
Relative position LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.66966, 64.99968

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name FAIRBANKS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, PHILIP S., 1933, PAST PLACER - GOLD PRODUCTION FROM ALASKA: USGS BULL. 857B

  • Deposit

    PRINDLE, L. M., AND KATZ, F. J., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT: USGS, BULL. 525, PP. 59 - 152

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1933, LODE DEPOSITS OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA: USGS BULL. 849B, PP. 29 - 159

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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