The Fish Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Fish Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fish Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tin
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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
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: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Stibnite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Geology): VALLEY FLOOR IS 700 FT. OR MORE WIDE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY SCHIST. ; REG.COM: LODE SOURCE MUST BE GILMORE DOME IN FAIRBANKS QUAD., BECAUSE HEADWATER CREEKS (MONTE CRISTO, MELBA, YELLOW PUP, AND PEARL CREEKS) ALL CARRY GOLD AND DRAIN GILMORE DOME.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 90. TAILINGS MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-1). CREEK FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF BARNES AND PEARL CREEKS; BOTH OF WHICH DRAIN GILMORE DOME IN LIVENGOOD QUAD. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINED BY DRIFTING, DREDGING, AND FROM OPEN CUTS; ON VARIOUS SCALES AND IN MOST YEARS BETWEEN 1909 AND 1977; ONE SMALL OPERATION ACTIVE IN 1977 AT MOUTH OF PEARL CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): DEPTH OF PLACER GROUND FROM ABOUT 25 FT. TO MORE THAN 100 FT.; HAS BEEN MINED OVER A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 2.5 MILES IN UPPER VALLEY AND ALSO AT AND JUST BELOW THE MOUTH OF FAIRBANKS CR. MOST OF DREDGING APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON BENCH NORTH OF CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 50 FT. PER MILE. ; 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 90
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 480, P. 159
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 525, P. 102-103
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