| Main commodities | Au |
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| Ore minerals | gold; scheelite |
| Gangue minerals | scheelite in concentrates |
| Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | FB |
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| Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | D-2 |
| Latitude | 64.974 |
| Longitude | -147.521 |
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
| Location and accuracy | The Rose Creek prospect is located in the E 1/2 sec. 27, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., Fairbanks Meridian. The coordinates given are for the center of placer tailings marked on the Fairbanks D-2 topographic map near the mouth of Rose Creek. The mine is 4.6 miles west-southwest of Gilmore Dome and about 3 miles northeast of the junction of the Steese and Elliott Highways, which is near the town of Fox. This prospect is included in locality 55 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]). |
Geologic descriptionCoarse gold was mined on New Years Pup in 1913 (Chapin, 1914, B 592-J, p. 359). The gold was worth about $18.00 per ounce (Prindle and Katz, 1913, p. 113). Scheelite was found in concentrates (Byers, 1957, p. 188). In addition, approximately 1,600 feet of placered ground that represents relatively modern work is shown on the Fairbanks D-2 quadrangle map, which was compiled from aerial photographs taken in 1949. Bedrock in the area is quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist of the Fairbanks Schist (Newberry and others, 1996). | |
| Geologic map unit | (-147.523437371844, 64.9735743651552) |
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| Mineral deposit model | Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
| Mineral deposit model number | 39a |
| Age of mineralization | Quaternary placer. |
| Workings or exploration | Small-scale placer mining was reported in 1913 (Chapin, 1914, B 592-J, p. 359). In addition, approximately 1,600 feet of placered ground that represents relatively modern work is shown on the Fairbanks D-2 quadrangle map, which was compiled from aerial photographs taken in 1949. |
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| Indication of production | Yes; small |
| Production notes | No data on production. |