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Gold from
Wolf Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wolf Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:598012
Long-form Identifier:1:3:598012:3
GUID (UUID V4):e98f718f-0f94-4fa0-ae19-9ef40e804549
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
0.9km (0.5 miles) Cleary Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Sky High (Quemboe No. 2 Occurrence), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Quemboe Bros. Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Foster Hungerford; Empire; Alaska Group Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Alaska; Gladstone; Jupiter-Mars; Grace E#2? Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Chatham Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Sunrise No. 1 Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Harris and Brown; Sky High; Grace E#1 Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Christina; Vetter; Shelden Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Rexall Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (issue)
geology of the Livengood quadrangle, east-central Alaska by K.L. Wheeler 1 and F.R. Weber1 Open-File Report...standards and stratigraphic nomenclature Fairbanks, Alaska 1988 Introduction The Livengood 1:250,000...000 quadrangle, in east-central Alaska, encompasses approximately 12,052 km in the western part of the...of the quadrangle, north of the metamorphic rocks. A Mesozoic basin to the north and west of the White...conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, and shale. North of this Mesozoic basin is a sequence of grit, slate
Report (issue)
nes, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 6 I50" ctf o3 S _ --1.G184 LG1B6 ctf LG030...occurrences in the Livengood 1:250, 000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...(907) 786-7424. This compilation is authored by: Alaska 03 'B- ' ** o £2 0) j 1 Q o C/5 14- ...^! Curtis J. Freeman and Janet Schaefer Fairbanks, Alaska C^ '*s*^__^r*&*'' Location of map ar«a In...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade, product
Report (issue)
known Ho contain antimony ora in the Fairbanks district, Alaska, and inset showing the location of deposits...Dome gold salt. Rrv{i»>0r>u ore. J Abstract Antimony-bear ing ores in the Fairbanks district, Alaska...points 10 miles west and £3 miles northeast of Fairbanks; and one of two minor areas lies along this same...ores were exposed largely as a result of lode gold mining, but at two periods in the past, high prices...economic faetors, which greatly affect prospecting and mining for stibnite ore in the area, are outlined. The
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA BY JAMES M. HILL Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931...-_-__-_____-_-_--___-__.--___ Pre-Cambrian rocks (Birch Creek schist)..___-_-----__--_.-__ Character- ___-_--...History of mining.__________________________________________ Economic factors affecting mining.________...data._____-___-______-_-----____-__-_--___.-____ Gold lode deposits----_-----__-_--_--_-----__--_-_---_-------...71 73 IV CONTENTS Economic geology Continued Gold lode deposits Continued Mines and prospects...-
Report (issue)
LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. The inevitable depletion of easily mined...mined placer deposits near Fairbanks and the consequent availability of both men and money for other enterprises...productive mines. The writer visited the lode-mining district late in the open season of 1912 to study the...investigations here recorded were devoted exclusively to mining developments. The writer is under deep obligations...expressed to the various mine owners, operators, and residents of the Fairbanks region. Although specific
Report (volume)
THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, ALASKA BY L. M. PRINDLE WITH A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT...AND F. J. KATZ AND AN ACCOUNT OF LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS BY PHILIP S. SMITH WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...BROOKS_________________________ GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, by L. M. PKINDLE ________________...the Yukon-Tanana region 17 Geography of the Fairbanks quadrangle _ _ _ _ _______ 18 Position and...__________________________ Tanana lowland _ ____ , Upland north of the Tanana.._______________ Yukon Flats_____
Report (issue)
Development Division of Mining & Water Management FRONT COVER Top: Ryan Lode Mine gold recovery plant and...investigates a silver prospect in the Chulitna mining district during a DGGS mapping project in July 1997...(left) and Jim Vohden (right) of the Alaska Division of Mining & Water Management, and Bronwen Wang of...spring containing iron-rich filamentous algae on the North Fork of the Fortymile River. This is part of a multi-year...zone on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY
Report (issue)
LODE MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By J. B. MEIITIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. Gold lode mining in the Fairbanks...Fairbanks district continued in 1916, with a small production. The cost of power and supplies has increased...prospecting. Most of the operators having high-grade gold ore do not care to continue work under present conditions...concerned in the gold mines is to await the coming of the Government railroad to Fairbanks, the expectation...Eight gold lode mines, however, were operated in the Fairbanks district in 1916, producing gold valued
Report (issue)
NOTES ON MINING IN SEWARD PENINSULA. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. No party from the Geological...During that time he obtained some notes on the mining industry, and these, supplemented by reports in...basis for the following statements. PRODUCTION. The gold production of the' peninsula during 1911 was approximately...the amount of winter mining; second, a general decrease in the number of mining operations except dredging;...development of the ancient beaches at Nome winter mining was important, for labor was cheap, the physical
Report (issue)
LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By THEODORE CHAPIN. INTRODUCTION. The occurrence of auriferous quartz veins...for a number of years, but until recently quartz mining has received relatively little attention. In the...opened. 'The total lode production for the Fairbanks district is about S674,00Q. In 1911 the production...produced in 1912. The estimate of the value of the gold-lode production in 1913, based on incomplete returns...In 1913 the writer spent a few days in the Fairbanks district to study the occurrence of lodes and to gather
Report (issue)
PLACER MINING IN THE FORTYMILE, EAGLE, AND SEVENTYMILE RIVER, DISTRICTS. By E. A. PORTEK. GENERAL CONDITIONS...CONDITIONS. The estimated value of the .combined gold production of the Fortymile and Seventymile river...large areas of overburden in order to get at the gold on bedrock. The winter operations were somewhat...among the smaller operators. 'The increase of the gold output for 1911 over that for 1910 must be attributed...They were the only dredges in operation in the district during 1911, but their success was so marked that
Report (issue)
OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE. By L. M. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. ...150 and paral­ lels 66 and 64. The Fairbanks gold-placer district is in the eastern part of this area...the Fairbanks district and during 1909 geologic investigations were carried north of the Fairbanks district...quad­ rangle, including the Fairbanks district and extensive areas to the north and west, is shown on the...sketch map (PL VI). From the presence of the Fairbanks district in the south­ eastern part of the area covered
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director Bulletin 649 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF ALASKA BY ALFRED H. BROOKS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING................................................. Mining developments and production........................................-.----.-------------Siliceous gold-bearing stibnite lodes................................................... 1............... Fairbanks district. .............................................................................. Fredericks mine.......................................... Spaulding
Report (issue)
MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By HENRY M. EAKIN. INTRODUCTION. The writer devoted about 10 days...investigation of the recent mining developments in the Fairbanks district. This time was insufficient...1914 about 125 placer mines were operated in this district, employing some 1,200 men. Statistics of winter...over 50 mines were worked. The value of the placer gold produced in 1914 is estimated at $2,500,000, compared...Vault, Little Eldorado, Goldstream, Engineer, and Fairbanks creeks. The falling off in output is to be interpreted
Report (issue)
NOBTHEKN KOYUKUK VALLEY, ALASKA BY ROBERT MARSHALL Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931 (Pages 247-256) ...conducting investigations of the mineral resources of Alaska, about one half of the Territory has been surveyed...River, the large tributary of the Yukon from the north that rises in the Brooks Range, which forms the...observations regarding the physical features of this district and has coordinated them with the facts hitherto...publication. 11011 34 1 247 248 MINERAL KESOUECES OF ALASKA, 1931 INTRODUCTION The Koyukuk River, which is
Report (issue)
SURVEY Gold analytical results and gold signatures from the Fairbanks mining district, Fairbanks and Livengood...Livengood quadrangles, Alaska By John B. Cathrall, John C. Antweiler, George VanTrump, and Elwin L. Hosier............................... 1 Reliability of Gold Analyses..........................................samples from the Fairbanks mining district, Fairbanks and Livengood quadrangles, Alaska..................description for lode gold and placer gold samples from the Fairbanks mining district, Fairbanks and Livengood
Report (volume)
DIKECTOK THIS GOLD PLACERS OF THE FORTYMILE, BIRCH CREEK, AND FAIRBANKS REGIONS, ALASKA LOUIS M. WASHINGTON...Fortymile region______j________________ 10 Birch Creek region___.._____________________ 11 Rampart re...regiou______:_____________________ Fairbanks region _____________:___: _________ Climate and vegetati...Birch Creek region _________________ ___________ General character_____________________ Birch Creek system...system _______________,._________ Fairbanks region___..__ _________________ ____________ General charac
Report (issue)
OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 ALASKA ~OPERTY Of: U. S. GECJLCCICAL p U 8 Ll C II...INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30,1955 ALASKA By E. G. Bailey Washington, D. C., 1956 INDEX... INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30,1955 ALASKA By E. G. Bailey EXPLANATION This index lists...lists the streamflow and reservoir stations in Alaska for which records have been or are to be published in...Southeastern Alaska Davis River near Hyder (at Portland Canal) ...••••••..•.•. Winstanley Creek near Ketchikan
Report (issue)
December 31, 1 963 Alaska Index of Surface-Water Records to December 31, 1963 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth...1963 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth INTRODUCTION This report lists the streamflow stations in Alaska for which...Circular 396. Basic data on surface-water supply of Alaska have been published in bulletins or water-supply...1961, the Alaska district issues a report annually containing streamflow records for Alaska. In addition...Station Drainage area (sq mi) number 30Southeastern Alaska Mainland streams: 80 Salmon River near Hyder ••
Report (issue)
INTRODUCTION This report lists the streamflow stations in Alaska for which records have been or are to be published...Geological Survey. Basic data on surface-water supply of Alaska have been published in bulletins or water-supply...beginning in 1961, the Alaska district issues annually a report streamflow records for Alaska. WSP 1640 1720...there are no low-flow partial-re-::ord stations in Alaska. A date followed by only a dash shows that the...figures (calendar years) Annual peaks (water years) ALASKA SOUTHEASTERN MAINLAND STREAMS Salmon River near
Report (issue)
of Surface-Water Records to September 30, 1967 Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 585 0 Index of...of Surface-Water Records to September 30, 1967 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Washington...1967 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth INTRODUCTION This report lists the streamflow stations in Alaska for which...Circular 516. Basic data on surface-water supply of Alaska have been published in bulletins or water-sup1ly...1961, th~ Alaska district issues a report annually containing streamflow records for Alaska, In addition
Report (issue)
INVESTIGATION OF GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE PEDRO DOME - CLEARY SUMMIT AREA, FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA D. B....14-08-0001-10910 H. R. D. R. R. University of Alaska College, Alaska 1969 This report is preliminary and has.............................. 3 Page Wall Rock Gold Gradients........................ Auger Samples....... 11 Grab Samples From The Dome Creek-Little Eldorado Creek Area......................... 27 U....Table 1. Gold content of auger samples along the Murphy Dome Road............... 19 Gold content of
Report (issue)
THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 1910, By ALFRED H. BROOKS. INTRODUCTION. The gold and copper lode-mining industry...industry of Alaska made considerable progress in 1910, not so much in output as in the amount of dead work...advancement of the mining industry in Alaska. So long as the Pacific seaboard of Alaska and the adjacent...at $8 to $20 a ton along the Pacific seaboard of Alaska, even mines located at tidewater are at great economic...apply to placer claims continues, to hamper the mining industry by discouraging the bona fide miner and
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 542 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA . REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1912...The McKinley Lake district, by Theodore Chapin............................ Mining in Chitina Valley,................ Mineral deposits of the Ellamar district, by S. R. Capps and B. L. Johnson.... Mineral..... Lode mining near Fairbanks, by P. S. Smith................................. Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana.......... Gold placers of the Ruby district, by H. M. Eakin............................. Gold placers of
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SELECTED NONMETALLI FERGUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL ALASKA TO ACCOMPANY OPEN-FILE MAP 77-1680 This report...SELECTED NONMETALLI FERGUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL ALASKA (To accompany Open-file Map 77-168D) By G. Donald...accompanying map have been prepared under the Regional Alaska Mineral Resource Appraisal Program (RAMRAP) to...nonmetal1iferous deposits, both lode and placer, in central Alaska. Specifically excluded are the fossil fuels (petroleum...government and private sectors, discussions with mine operators, and the firsthand knowledge of the authors
 
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