Fox Creek

The Fox Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,070 feet.

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: Fox Creek
Secondary: Fox Gulch Group
Secondary: H. B. H. Enterprise Inc.
Secondary: First Chance Assn. 1-3
Secondary: Hess
Secondary: Cindy M.
Secondary: Old Timer
Secondary: Big Muddy No. 2
Secondary: George's Run Tributary Claim
Secondary: Chingo's Hope

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Cassiterite Placers Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1993

Production

Year: 1955
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 22 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 26 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 1 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
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

Not available

Comments

Comment (Production): USGS CRIB D002643. FOX CR. PROD. 1771 OZ AU, 41 OZ AG BEFORE 1964 (USBM FILES). M.S. 1715, 1716 ISSUED 1925 ON HESS, PAT #959081, 954808. M.S. 1618 ISSUED 1932 ON VERDIN CLAIM, PAT #1052917.

Comment (Ownership): CASSITERITE PLACERS INC. 413 COWLES STREET FAIRBANKS, AK 99701

References

Reference (Deposit): TDM2 pp. 20, 24, 28

Reference (Deposit): RI4174 pp. 28-29

Reference (Deposit): B1024I pp. 188, 210

Reference (Deposit): MF410

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-006

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-309

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-327

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-333

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-352

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-354

Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 29.

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-011

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-031

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-091

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-124

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-222

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-263

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 058-284

Reference (Deposit): B337 pp. 39, 41

Reference (Deposit): B379k pp. 191, 193

Reference (Deposit): B442n p. 232

Reference (Deposit): B525a pp. 105-106, 111-113

Reference (Deposit): B525b p. 198

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 20

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