Fox Creek gold placer (Fox Gulch Gold Mine), Bonnifield Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Fox Creek gold placer (Fox Gulch Gold Mine) | Placer |
| Bonnifield Mining District | Mining District |
| Denali Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 57' 36'' North , 148° 34' 11'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Healy | 1,021 (2018) | 22.5km |
| McKinley Park | 185 (2014) | 30.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
197548
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:197548:5
GUID (UUID V4):
27c4351f-4aca-44ee-8fa7-1039f9d83cb4
Location: The Fox Creek placer gold deposit is along Fox Creek from its junction with Homestake Creek upstream for the length of Fox Creek, a distance of approximately 1 mile. This site may also include some workings on Homestake Creek. The map site is at the approximate midpoint of the placer activity, in sec. 8, T. 11 S., R. 5 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This is location 57 of Clark and Cobb (1972).
Geology: Upper Fox Creek drains an Eocene to Miocene sequence of poorly consolidated, readily eroded pebbly sandstone, claystone and sub-bituminous coal (Wilson and others, 1998). Lower Fox Creek drains Keevy Peak Formation schist and Tertiary, hypabyssal granitic rocks. The most probable sources of the placer gold in Fox Creek are Tertiary paleoplacers formed during an earlier erosional cycle of the Alaska Range.
Workings: Surface workings.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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| Link to USGS - Alaska: | HE006 |
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- Nenana BasinBasin
- Yukon-Tanana lower DomainDomain
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