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Fox Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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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 10002692
MRDS ID A015134
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Creek Placer
Related records 10208831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.55693, 64.93645 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES NW OF EAGLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Eagle NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(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-393, LOC. 30. 1-3 MILES NORTH OF SEVENTYMILE RIVER. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CENTRAL POINT OF 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
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result FINENESS OF 5 ASSAYS AVERAGED 882 PARTS AU AND 109 PARTS AG. SEE REF. 3, P. 254.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.55693, 64.93645
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MAINLY TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE WITH INTERBEDDED SANDSTONE AND SHALE. ; REG.COM: ALL GOLD DOWNSTREAM FROM LUCKY GULCH CONFLUENCE. SOURCE THOUGHT TO BE AURIFEROUS AREA OF TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE NEAR HEAD OF LUCKY GULCH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Eagle

Comments on development

  • MINING REPORTED 1912-39. HYDRAULIC MINING ONLY METHOD REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH GRAVEL BELOW LUCKY GULCH. MINING IN 1936 WAS ON A BENCH 70 FT. ABOVE CREEK, ON EAST SIDE OF CREEK JUST BELOW LUCKY GULCH. BENCH ABOUT 100 FT. WIDE; 4 FT. OF ROUNDED GRAVEL ON TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE BEDROCK, OVERLAIN BY 4-11 FT. OF MUCK AND FINE GRAVEL.
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-APR-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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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