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Fairbanks Creek Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Antimony, 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 10000525
MRDS ID A010720
Record type Site
Current site name Fairbanks Creek Area
Alternate or previous names Fish Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.14739, 65.0469 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 45 SQ.MI. ALONG FAIRBANKSAND FISH CREEKS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LIVENGOOD (1956) 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.14739, 65.0469
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: MICA SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1.5 MILLION TOZ AU

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME DRIFT MINING, THOUGH MOSTLY DREDGED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAYSTREAK ON FAIRBANKS CREEK IS 250 FEET WIDE AND 7 MILES LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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