Nugget Creek Mine (ARDF - FB110), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Nugget Creek Mine (ARDF - FB110) | Mine |
| Fairbanks Mining District | Mining District |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 57' 21'' North , 147° 25' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fox | 417 (2011) | 9.0km |
| Farmers Loop | 4,853 (2017) | 13.8km |
| Badger | 19,482 (2011) | 18.0km |
| Fairbanks | 32,325 (2017) | 18.9km |
| Two Rivers | 719 (2011) | 20.5km |
Location: The Nugget Creek mine is located in sec. 31, T. 2 N., R. 2 E., Fairbanks Meridian. The area that has been placered is in the headwater section of Nugget Creek, a tributary of Smallwood Creek. The mine as marked on the Fairbanks D-1 topographic map and identified by Chapman and Foster (1969) is approximately 2.5 miles southwest of Gilmore Dome. The mine is locality 57 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).
Geology: Nugget Creek was placer mined above Dark Hollow Creek, where the creek drains an area of Cretaceous granite. The bedrock along the rest of the creek is quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996).
Workings: Placer mine tailings are shown on the Fairbanks D-1 topographic map, but there is no further information.
Age: Quaternary placer.
Production: No information is available, but there was probably some production in recent years.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au (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: | FB110 |
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