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Charity 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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001457
MRDS ID A012206
Record type Site
Current site name Charity Creek
Related records 10256818

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.24796, 65.41165 (WGS84)
Relative position The location given is the confluence of Homestake and Charity Creeks. The location of individual placer operations is unknown.

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 B-5(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.24796, 65.41165
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Charity Creek drains an area underlain by schist intruded by granite (Eberlein and others, 1977). Gravel is 6 to 8 feet deep with little overburden and the pay streak lies throughout the gravel as well as the upper 2 feet of bedrock (Menzie and others, 1983, p. 40). The richest ground was reported to be worth 10 dollars per cubic yd (gold at $300 per troy oz) (Menzie and others, 1983, p 40). Placer gold was mined by small-scale methods.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Circle

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Mining has been reported (see workings/exploration); however, amount of production is unknown.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Mining occurred in 1979. Small-scale methods only.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = See also Homestake Creek, ARDF no. CI025, and Faith Creek, ARDF no. CI018.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-SEP-98 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 08-SEP-98 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 08-SEP-98 Clements, A.S. Avalon Development Corporation

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