Serpentine Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Serpentine Creek Mine	Mine
Fairbanks Mining District	Mining District
Fairbanks North Star Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: Serpentine Creek drains west into the Salcha River. The creek is roughly 17 miles long and has several tributaries. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system reports placer mining on Serpentine Creek, but it is unclear where mining activity took place. The approximate midpoint of the creek is in SW1/4SW1/4 section 10, T. 1 S., R. 16 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The creek can be accessed from the Salcha River. It was not identified as a separate location by Cobb (1972) or by Cobb and Eberlein (1980).
Geology: Weber and others (1978) described the bedrock as primarily quartzite, phyllite, schist, gneiss, slate, and marble of unknown age. Numerous Tertiary and Cretaceous granodiorite to quartz monzonite igneous bodies intrude the area. Weber and others (1978) infer an extension of the Shaw Creek Fault through the Serpentine Creek drainage. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Serpentine Creek as recent as 1986. There are no indications of production from Serpentine Creek.
Workings: The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Serpentine Creek as recent as 1986.
Age: Quaternary
Production: There are no indications of production from Serpentine Creek.

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

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	BD037

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