Fox Creek Mine (ARDF - FB086), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Fox Creek Mine (ARDF - FB086)	Mine
Fairbanks Mining District	Mining District
Fairbanks North Star Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

This site is also described in Livengood ARDF records as LG061.
Location: The Fox Creek mine is located in the W1/2 sec. 19, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., Fairbanks Meridian. Fox Creek is a south-flowing tributary of Goldstream Creek. Two areas have been placered on Fox Creek in recent years: (1) an area shown on the current D-2 topographic map about 1.6 miles north of the junction of the Steese and Elliott highways, and (2) an extensive area that begins about a mile above (1) and extends about 1.5 miles from the head of Fox Creek. The coordinates given are for the southern most placer. This site is also described in the Livengood quadrangle ARDF records as LG061. This mine is locality 52 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).
Geology: 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.
Workings: 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).
Age: Quaternary placer.
Production: Production from 1905 to 1910 was almost 1,500 ounces (Prindle and Katz, 1913). Information on production in more recent years is not available.

Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - W
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	FB086

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