First Chance Creek Placer

The First Chance Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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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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