Fox Creek Placer

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fox Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1926
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Geology): GRANITE OUTCROPS NEAR HEAD OF CREEK. AT ONE LOCALITY NEAR HEAD, 500 FT. BACK FROM CREEK WHERE A SHALLOW DEPOSIT WAS BEING WORKED, DEPOSITS SHOWED 6 FEET OF SLIDE ROCK, CLAY, SAND, FINE GRAVEL, AND NEXT TO BEDROCK 1 FT. OF COARSE GRAVEL.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 150-200 FT. PER MILE. THREE PLACER MINING LOCALITIES MARKED BY COBB, 1972, ON MF-410 FOR LOCATION 52. LOCATION DISCRIPTION FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK IN FAIRBANKS QUAD. ; 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 (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 52. PLACER GROUND ALONG FOX CREEK, A SOUTH FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF GOLDSTREAM CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER PLACER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): PLACER GOLD MINED SPORADICALLY FROM 1908 TO 1926. MINED BY HAND METHODS ONLY. LODE NEAR MOUTH HAS BEEN PROSPECTED FOR GOLD.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS; GRAVELS 6-19 FT. DEEP. MUCH SCHEELITE, ESTIMATED 90% OF CONCENTRATES, NEAR HEAD OF CREEK.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (D-2), LOC. 52.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 525, P. 106

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1024-I, P. 188, 210.

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