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Serpentine 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. 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 10308528
Record type Site
Current site name Serpentine Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.32284, 64.83573 (WGS84)
Relative position Serpentine Creek drains west into the Salcha River. The creek is roughly 17 miles long and has several tributaries. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system reports placer mining on Serpentine Creek, but it is unclear where mining activity took place. The approximate midpoint of the creek is in SW1/4SW1/4 section 10, T. 1 S., R. 16 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The creek can be accessed from the Salcha River. It was not identified as a separate location by Cobb (1972) or by Cobb and Eberlein (1980).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Delta D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Delta(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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.32284, 64.83573
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Weber and others (1978) described the bedrock as primarily quartzite, phyllite, schist, gneiss, slate, and marble of unknown age. Numerous Tertiary and Cretaceous granodiorite to quartz monzonite igneous bodies intrude the area. Weber and others (1978) infer an extension of the Shaw Creek Fault through the Serpentine Creek drainage. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Serpentine Creek as recent as 1986. There are no indications of production from Serpentine Creek.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = There are no indications of production from Serpentine Creek.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Serpentine Creek as recent as 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Foster and others, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-APR-1999 Cameron S. Rombach Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

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