The First Chance Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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First Chance Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: First Chance Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Scheelite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): 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).
Comment (Development): INTERMITTANT MINING REPORTED FROM 1908 TO 1940. SHAFT SUNK 42 FT. TO BEDROCK TURNED OFF 56 FT. OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FT. PER MILE IN LOWER MILE OF CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (D-2), LOC. 53
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 592, P. 358
Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES PAMPHLET 1, P. 32, 39-41
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