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Rose Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308836
MRDS ID A015335
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Creek
Alternate or previous names New Years Pup
Related records 10160753, 10002855

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.52395, 64.97367 (WGS84)
Relative position 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]).
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = Scheelite in concentrates

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
BC deposit profile C01. C02
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.52395, 64.97367
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Coarse 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 represent srelatively 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).
  • Age = Quaternary placer.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No data on production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / 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.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF FB099
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A015335
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D002647

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Prindle, L.M., and Katz, F.J., 1913, Detailed description of the Fairbanks district, in Prindle, L. M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 59-152.

  • Deposit

    Byers, F.M., Jr., 1957, Tungsten deposits in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-I, p. 179-216.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.

  • Deposit

    Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1975, Mineral resources of Alaska, in Yount, M.E., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Program, 1975: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 722, p. 37.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-662)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation