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Fairbanks Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282323
MRDS ID A015514
MAS/MILS ID 0020490050
Record type Site
Current site name Fairbanks Creek
Alternate or previous names Schaefer
Related records 10107557

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -147.31125, 65.06498 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 003 N 002 E 27 NWNENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -147.31125, 65.06498
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1919

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cook'S Mining
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Description 3,221 Yards Processed. 523 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 16,267g
  • Year 1919
    Description 69 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2,146g

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0020490050
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A015514 MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 049-184

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 049-246

  • Deposit

    B525b p. 163

  • Deposit

    B542i p. 149

  • Deposit

    P625D p. 7

  • Deposit

    BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

  • Deposit

    AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1994. AK DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A001866 USGS CRIB D002672

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUL-1995 Mirl U.S. Bureau of Mines