Charity Creek Mines, Circle Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Charity Creek Mines | Group of Mines |
| Circle Mining District | Mining District |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 24' 43'' North , 146° 14' 41'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines
Köppen climate type:
See also Homestake Creek, ARDF no. CI025, and Faith Creek, ARDF no. CI018.
Location: The location given is the confluence of Homestake and Charity Creeks. The location of individual placer operations is unknown.
Geology: Charity Creek drains an area underlain by schist intruded by granite (Eberlein and others, 1977). Gravel is 6 to 8 feet deep with little overburden and the pay streak lies throughout the gravel as well as the upper 2 feet of bedrock (Menzie and others, 1983, p. 40). The richest ground was reported to be worth 10 dollars per cubic yd (gold at $300 per troy oz) (Menzie and others, 1983, p 40). Placer gold was mined by small-scale methods.
Workings: Mining occurred in 1979. Small-scale methods only.
Production: Mining has been reported (see workings/exploration); however, amount of production is unknown.
Commodities (Major) - Au
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
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | CI011 |
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