The Fryingpan Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Fryingpan Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fryingpan Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Prospect hole about 20 ft deep, 1909-10 (Ellsworth and Parker, 1911).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Ellsworth and Parker, 1911
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Production by Paul Manuel in the 1990's; quantities unknown.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Four to five ft of pay gravel lies underneath 15 ft of overburden. Depth to schist bedrock is about 20 ft (Ellsworth and Parker, 1911). Good gold values were reported by prospectors in the winter of 1910-11 (Ellsworth and Parker, 1911). Production by Paul Manuel was reported in the 1990's but the quantities are unknown.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = An access road to placer operations was completed in the mid-1980's.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Misc. Field Studies Map MF-391, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Menzie, W.D., Foster, H.L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W.E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Ellsworth, C.E., and Parker, G.L., 1911, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480, 325 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.
Reference (Deposit): Eakins, G.R., Jones, B.K. and Forbes, R.B., 1977, Investigation of Alaska's uranium potential: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 109, 213 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:40,000.
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