Treasure Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA i
Regional Level Types
Treasure Creek Mine Mine
Fairbanks Mining District Mining District
Fairbanks North Star Borough Borough
Alaska State
USA Country

Location: This drift mine is just south of the pipeline, west of Treasure Creek; it is approximately 600 yards NNW of the mouth of Wildcat Creek in SW1/4SE1/4 sec. 3, T. 2 N., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. Drift mining in the 1990's took place just upstream of this location, above the mouth of Independence Creek (C.J. Freeman, 1999, oral commun.)
Geology: Gold is found in a buried frozen placer over 200 feet deep. Gold was drift mined from a paystreak from 25 to 225 feet wide and 7 feet thick (Mulligan, 1974). Production from 1907 to 1910 was worth $250,000 with gold valued at $17.77 per ounce (Prindle and Katz, 1913).
Workings: Gold was drift mined from a paystreak from 25 to 225 feet wide and 7 feet thick (Mulligan, 1974). In 1990, a small drift mine operated and old tailings from pre-WWII drift mines were reprocessed (Swainbank and others, 1991).
Production: Production from 1907 to 1910 was worth $250,000 with gold worth $17.77 per ounce (Prindle and Katz, 1913).

Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Ag
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Silver

Mineral List

ⓘ Native Gold

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Native Gold

Formula: Au

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

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

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	LG042

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References

Brooks, A.H., 1907, The Alaskan mining industry in 1906: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314-A, p. 19-39. Brooks, A.H., 1914, Mineral resources of Alaska; report on progress of investigations in 1913: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592, 413 p. Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p. Ellsworth, C.E., 1910, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442-F, p. 230-245. Ellsworth, C.E., 1912, Placer mining in the Fairbanks and Circle Disctricts: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520-H, p. 240-245. Ellsworth, C.E., and Davenport, R.W., 1913, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 203-222. Mulligan, J.J., 1974, Mineral resources of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline corridor: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8626, 24 p. Prindle, L.M., 1908, The Fairbanks and Rampart quadrangles, Yukon-Tanana region, Alaska, with a section on the Rampart placers, by F.L. Hess, and a paper on the water supply of the Fairbanks region, by C.C. Covert: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 337, 102 p. Prindle, L.M., and Katz, F.J., 1909, The Fairbanks gold-placer region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379-E, p. 181-200. Prindle, L.M., and Katz, F.J., 1913, Detailed description of the Fairbanks district, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 59-152. Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Ala