Fish Creek Placer

The Fish Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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Orebody

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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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