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First Chance Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials 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 10002852
MRDS ID A015330
Record type Site
Current site name First Chance Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.57656, 64.958 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES NNE OF FAIRBANKS.

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

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-410, LOC. 53. TAILINGS MARKED ON FAIRBANKS (D-2). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF PLACER GROUND. 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Gold Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.57656, 64.958
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTANT MINING REPORTED FROM 1908 TO 1940. SHAFT SUNK 42 FT. TO BEDROCK TURNED OFF 56 FT. OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AND SCHEELITE IN STREAM PLACER. PLACER SCHEELITE ABUNDANT. SCHEELITE OCCURS NEAR HEAD OF CREEK IN CONTACT-METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE AND IN GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEINS NEAR PORPHYRITIC GRANITE INTRUSIVE BODY. ON LOWER PART OF CREEK SCHEELITE CONSTITUTES MAIN PART OF PLACER CONCENTRATES; CLOGS SLUICE BOX RIFFLES. SOME OF GROUND MINED WAS AS MUCH AS 42 FT. DEEP; PAYSTREAK IS SAID TO BE 4 FT. WIDE.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FT. PER MILE IN LOWER MILE OF CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
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-MAY-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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