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Fish Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Bismuth, Tin, Tungsten
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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 10003000
MRDS ID A015510
Record type Site
Current site name Fish Creek Placer
Related records 10208853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.26545, 65.00524 (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

  • USGS MF-413, LOC. 90. TAILINGS MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-1). CREEK FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF BARNES AND PEARL CREEKS; BOTH OF WHICH DRAIN GILMORE DOME IN LIVENGOOD QUAD. 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
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Cassiterite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.26545, 65.00524
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VALLEY FLOOR IS 700 FT. OR MORE WIDE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY SCHIST. ; REG.COM: LODE SOURCE MUST BE GILMORE DOME IN FAIRBANKS QUAD., BECAUSE HEADWATER CREEKS (MONTE CRISTO, MELBA, YELLOW PUP, AND PEARL CREEKS) ALL CARRY GOLD AND DRAIN GILMORE DOME.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on development

  • MINED BY DRIFTING, DREDGING, AND FROM OPEN CUTS; ON VARIOUS SCALES AND IN MOST YEARS BETWEEN 1909 AND 1977; ONE SMALL OPERATION ACTIVE IN 1977 AT MOUTH OF PEARL CREEK.

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH OF PLACER GROUND FROM ABOUT 25 FT. TO MORE THAN 100 FT.; HAS BEEN MINED OVER A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 2.5 MILES IN UPPER VALLEY AND ALSO AT AND JUST BELOW THE MOUTH OF FAIRBANKS CR. MOST OF DREDGING APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON BENCH NORTH OF CREEK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 50 FT. PER MILE. ; 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-JUL-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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