Fox Gulch

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233955
MRDS ID A001288
MAS/MILS ID 0020670043
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Gulch
Alternate or previous names Discovery 1-2 Above, Homestake Creek, N 2 3-5 W, N 2 0-2 W, N 3 0-6 E, Discovery, Discovery 1 Below, Maxine, Maxine 1-2 Below, Maxine 1-4 Above, Maxine 1 On Fox, Ptarmigan Creek, N 3 1-3 W, N 4 0-3 W, N 5 0-2 W, Airsight 1-7

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -148.56117, 63.98182 (WGS84)
Elevation 890
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 011 S 005 W 05 SE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -148.56117, 63.98182

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1907

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Description 4 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 124.41g
  • Year 1907
    Description 23 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 715.38g
  • Year 1921
    Description 600 Yards Processed. 38 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1181.93g
  • Year 1927
    Description 15 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 466.55g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A001298

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Mjn-Mirl U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.