Fox Creek Prospect, Melozitna Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Fox Creek Prospect	Prospect
Melozitna Mining District	Mining District
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

This site is the Fox Creek, U.S. BLM MILS location 0020470010 (Oddenino and others, 1995; Interagency Minerals Coordinating Group, 2004).
Location: Eakin (1916) reported two gold placer prospects, a half-mile apart, on Fox Creek, in section 13, T. 5 S., R. 17 E., Kateel River Meridian. It is difficult to reconcile his map and modern maps and the locations of the prospects are uncertain. For this record, the site is located midway between their presumed positions, near the center of section 13. But this location is only approximate.
Geology: The drainage basin of Fox Creek is underlain by Upper Cretaceous sandstone, quartz conglomerate, shale, and siltstone (Patton and others, 1977). These rocks are bounded on the northwest and southeast by massive, poorly-sorted, conglomerate with igneous pebbles to cobble size; it is of Albian (Early Cretaceous) age. No igneous rocks are mapped in the Fox Creek drainage. There is only one reference to placer mining activity on Fox Creek. Eakin (1916) reported sluicing on three claims during 1913. The placer claims were in a flat valley about 700 feet wide. There is no record of production.
Workings: There is only one reference to placer mining on Fox Creek. Eakin (1916) reported sluicing on three claims during 1913. The placer claims were in a flat valley about 700 feet wide. There is no record of any production.
Age: Quaternary.
Production: No record of any production but there may be a small amount.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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