Fox Creek

The Fox Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Fox Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

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
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is also described in Livengood ARDF records as LG061.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Prindle and Katz, 1913

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary placer.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Placer gold was mined from Fox Creek as early as 1908 (Prindle, 1908). Fox Creek has been placer mined in recent years, possibly in the 1980's and early 1990's, up to the head of the creek (J. Schaefer, 1999, field observation).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Placer gold was mined from Fox Creek as early as 1908 (Prindle, 1908). Depth to bedrock is approximately 10 to19 feet, and granite is exposed near the head of the creek (Prindle and Katz, 1909, p. 191; Prindle and Katz, 1913). Bedrock in the Fox Creek drainage is quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist; the upper Fox Creek area is intruded by Cretaceous granite, tonalite, and quartz diorite (Newberry and others, 1996). Fox Creek has been placer mined in recent years, possibly in the 1980's and early 1990's, up to the head of the creek (J. Schaefer, 1999, field observation). Placer concentrates near the head of the creek contained an estimated 90 percent scheelite (Joesting, 1943 [ATDM Pamph. 2]; Byers, 1957, p. 210). Production from 1905 to 1910 was about 1,500 ounces (Prindle and Katz, 1913). Production figures are not available for more recent mining.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Production from 1905 to 1910 was almost 1,500 ounces (Prindle and Katz, 1913). Information on production in more recent years is not available.

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.

Reference (Deposit): Thorne, R.L., Muir, N.M., Erickson, A.W., Thomas, B. I., Hedie, H. E., and Wright, W. S., 1948, Tungsten deposits of Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4174, 51 p.

Reference (Deposit): Saunders, R.H., 1961, The Silvertone prospect in 1961 (Fox Creek): Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 58-11, 6 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1975, Mineral resources of Alaska, in Yount, M.E., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Program, 1975: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 722, p. 37.

Reference (Deposit): Mulligan, J.J., 1974, Mineral resources of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline corridor: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8626, 24 p.

Reference (Deposit): Byers, F.M., Jr., 1957, Tungsten deposits in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-I, p. 179-216.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Thorne, R.L., Muir, N.M., Erickson, A.W., Thomas, B. I., Hedie, H. E., and Wright, W. S., 1948, Tungsten deposits of Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4174, 22 p.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1929, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1926: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 797, p. 1-50.

Reference (Deposit): Joesting, H.R., 1943, Strategic mineral occurrences in interior Alaska, supplement to pamphlet no. 1: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 2, 26 p.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.

Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., and Katz, F.J., 1909, The Fairbanks gold-placer region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379, p. 181-200.

Reference (Deposit): Ellsworth, C.E., 1910, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442, 432 p.

Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., and Katz, F.J., 1913, Detailed description of the Fairbanks district, in Prindle, L. M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 59-152.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.

Reference (Deposit): Prindle, L.M., 1908, The Fairbanks and Rampart quadrangles, Yukon-Tanana region, Alaska, with a section on the Rampart placers, by F.L. Hess, and a paper on the water supply of the Fairbanks region, by C.C. Covert: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 337, 102 p.

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