Fairbanks Creek Placer

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

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fairbanks Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
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
Gangue: Rutile
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Wolframite
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT IN AREA MINED BETWEEN 75 AND 100 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): PLACER MINING FROM 1903 TO AT LEAST 1975. DREDGING BEGAN IN 1911, BUT DRIFT AND OTHER TYPES OF MINING ALSO CONTINUED.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 91. TAILINGS MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-1). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR ABANDONED VILLAGE OF MEEHAN. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): THE PRODUCTIVE AREA OF FAIRBANKS VALLEY BEGINS ABOUT 2 MILES BELOW THE SOURCE OF THE CREEK AND EXTENDS FOR ABOUT 4 MILES DOWNSTREAM. THE PRODUCTIVE GRAVEL RANGES FROM 4 TO 8 FT. IN THICKNESS, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 6 FT., AND ARE MINED TO WIDTHS OF FROM 40 TO 250 FT. DEPTH TO BEDROCK FROM 15 TO 110 OR MORE FEET. GOLD ALSO IN TOP 2-3 FT. OF BEDROCK. ON MOST CLAIMS DEPTH TO BEDROCK LESS THAN 50 FT. MINERALIZED SCHIST ALONG CREEK CARRIES SILVER AND GOLD; QUARTZ STRINGERS CARRY GOLD, BUT NO SILVER.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY SCHIST; SOME GNEISS OCCURS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE VALLEY AND A LITTLE RUSTY GRANITIC MATERIAL IN THE UPPER PART. ; REG.COM: LODE SOURCE OF GOLD FROM SEVERAL CREEKS DRAINING RIDGE TO NORTH; NO CREEKS TO SOUTH CARRY GOLD.

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. 91

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 525, P. 102

Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES PAMPHLET NO. 1, P. 11, 32, 37, 40.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 251, P. 67, 81-83

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