Chatham Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Chatham Creek Mine | Mine |
Fairbanks Mining District | Mining District |
Fairbanks North Star Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 4' 15'' North , 147° 25' 1'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Fox | 417 (2011) | 15.7km |
Farmers Loop | 4,853 (2017) | 22.4km |
Two Rivers | 719 (2011) | 28.4km |
Fairbanks | 32,325 (2017) | 29.5km |
College | 12,964 (2011) | 29.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
196875
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196875:3
GUID (UUID V4):
d7469146-abb3-4faf-9442-585c2d0e7fe7
Location: Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 88; NW1/4SE1/4 sec. 19, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The coordinates given are for the approximate center of placer-mined ground that extends for about a mile from the head to the mouth of Chatham Creek.
Geology: Bedrock is quartz muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite quartzose schist (Newberry and others, 1996). Gold has been found in stream placers from the head to the mouth of the creek. Stibnite has been found in places as veins a foot or more thick, parallel to the structure in the schist ( Prindle, 1906, p. 114). Scheelite has been found in concentrates (Byers, 1957, p. 188, 210), along with cassiterite (Joesting, 1942; ATDM Pamph. 1, p. 10-11). Considerable stibnite float was found in old dredge tailings (Joesting, 1943, p. 9). Mining was largely by open-cut methods in most years from 1903 to 1915. A dredge operated from 1926 or 1927 through 1934 (Cobb, 1976, p. 29). Gold production from 1903 to 1910 was over 17,700 ounces (Prindle and Katz, 1913, p. 112-113). Mining has continued intermittently to as recently as 1997 (A. Miscovich, oral commun., 1998).
Workings: Mining was largely by open-cut methods in most years from 1903 to 1915. A dredge operated from 1926 or 1927 through 1934 (Cobb, 1976, p. 29). Mining has continued intermittently to as recently as 1997 (A. Miscovich, oral commun., 1998).
Production: Gold production from 1903 to 1910 was over 17,700 ounces (Prindle and Katz, 1913, p. 112-113).
Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Sb, Sn, W
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
β Gold Formula: Au |
β Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
β Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | β Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | β Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | β Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
W | Tungsten | |
W | β Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Au | Gold | |
Au | β Gold | Au |
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | LG125 |
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