Location: The Lancaster Creek placer gold prospect is on the north bank of the Yukon River. The site is where a tractor trail crosses Lancaster Creek at an elevation of about 200 feet. It is in the north half of section 1, T. 4 N., R. 26 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is approximate. This site roughly corresponds with the site for Lancaster Creek, U.S. Bureau of Land Management MAS number 0020480097.
Geology: The country rocks in the Lancaster Creek area are upper Precambrian or lower Paleozoic schist, quartzite, phyllite, and slate, and Cretaceous granite (Chapman and others, 1982). An open cut was made on Lancaster Creek in 1917 (Martin, 1919). No production was reported. Cobb (1977) does not describe any other work at this site.
Workings: An open cut was made on Lancaster Creek in 1917 (Martin, 1919). Cobb (1977) does not describe any other work at this site.
Age: Quaternary.

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

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References

Chapman, R.M., Yeend, W.E., Brosge, W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1982, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Tanana quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-734, 20 p., scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1977, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Tanana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-432, 98 p. Maddren, A.G., 1910, The Innoko gold-placer district, Alaska, with accounts of the central Kuskokwim valley and the Ruby Creek and Gold Hill placers: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 410, 87 p. Martin, G.C., 1919, Alaska Mining Industry in 1917: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692-A, p. 11-42.

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