West Fork Rainy Creek Prospect, Delta River Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
West Fork Rainy Creek Prospect	Prospect
Delta River Mining District	Mining District
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: This placer prospect is at an elevation of about 4,100 feet on the north bank of the West Fork Rainy Creek. It is in the NW1/4SE1/4 section 2, T. 19 S., R. 9 E., Fairbanks Meridian. It is near locality 7 of Rose (1965, p. 34) and locality S3 in table 2 of Nokleberg and others (1991).
Geology: Gold occurs in alluvial gravels probably derived from older glacial deposits (Rose, 1965). The bedrock in the West Fork Rainy Creek drainage includes part of the Slana Spur Formation of Pennsylvanian age and minor gabbro associated with Upper Triassic ultramafic-mafic intrusions in the Wrangellia terrane (Nokleberg and others, 1991).
Workings: Rose (1965) noted some placer workings on the north side of West Fork Rainy Creek. Exploration or mining activity was noted during the summer of 1996-1998 below the showing on the West Fork (W.T. Ellis, oral communication, 1998). The occurrence is on active claims of MAN Resources.
Age: Holocene.

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

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	MH143

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