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Charity Creek Association Gold Mine

Fairbanks North Star, Alaska

65.4095°N 146.2065°W

Mine Overview

The Charity Creek Association Gold Mine is in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska. Historically the site has been part of the Circle Mining District. The Charity Creek Association Gold Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. The ore mined is composed of gold. The host rock in this area is gravel.

Site identification and general characteristics. Learn about USGS mines.

  • Gold Primary Commodity
  • Site Record Type?
  • Mine Development Status?
  • Placer Operation Type?
  • 1921 First Year Of Production?
  • Metallic Site Commodity Type?
  • Small Mine Size?
Charity Creek Association Gold Mine In Fairbanks North Star, Alaska

Charity Creek Association Gold Mine In Fairbanks North Star, Alaska

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Mine Names

  1. Name? Status?
  2. Charity Creek Association Current
  3. Homestake Creek Current, Previous
  4. Homestake Association Previous
  5. Little Homestake Association Previous

Owner Name and Address

Elsa Akers

Type
Owner-Operator

Harold Akers

Type
Owner-Operator

John Mason

Type
Owner-Operator

June Goulet

Type
Owner-Operator

Leodore Goulet

Type
Owner-Operator

Ronald Mason

Type
Owner-Operator

Trinity Mining Company

Type
Owner-Operator

Wanda Moyer

Type
Owner-Operator

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

  1. Commodity Type Importance
  2. Gold Metallic Primary

Deposit

MODEL NAME = PLACER GOLD DEPOSIT (COX AND SINGER, 1986; MODEL 39A).

SEE ALSO CHARITY CREEK, ARDF NO. CI011, FAITH CREEK, ARDF NO. CI018 AND HOPE CREEK, ARDF NO. CI026.

Location Info

  1. Continent Country State County
  2. North America The United States Alaska n/a

Meridian / Township / Range Description

  1. Meridian? Township? Section? Aliquot?
  2. Fairbanks Meridian T.7N R.7E Sec. 25 -

Land Status

Land status information.

  1. Land Status? Admin Area?
  2. Blm Administrative Area -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

  1. District
  2. Circle Mining District

Workings

WORKED BY SMALL-SCALE HYDRAULIC AND HAND METHODS IN THE EARLY 1900'S. NO MINING IS REPORTED IN THE LITERATURE AFTER 1912 (MENZIE AND OTHERS, 1983 ). PROSPECTING CONDUCTED BY DICK MACINTOSH IN 1987 TO 1988 BUT NO MINING WAS REPORTED (C. J. FREEMAN, ORAL COMMUN ., 1998).

Geology

GOLD REPORTEDLY WAS DISCOVERED IN AN APPROXIMATELY 8-FOOT-THICK GRAVEL DEPOSIT AT A SCHIST-GRANITE PORPHYRY CONTACT (PRINDLE, 1910, P. 209; ELLSWORTH AND PARKER, 1911, P. 157 ). WORKED BY SMALL-SCALE HYDRAULIC AND HAND METHODS IN THE EARLY 1900'S. NO MINING IS REPORTED IN THE LITERATURE AFTER 1912 (MENZIE AND OTHERS, 1983 ). PROSPECTING CONDUCTED BY DICK MACINTOSH IN 1987 TO 1988 BUT NO MINING WAS REPORTED (C. J. FREEMAN, ORAL COMMUN ., 1998).

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

  1. Role? Material?
  2. Ore Gold

Rocks

Geological materials at the site.

  1. Class? 1st Order Name? 2nd Order Name? 3rd Order Name? 4th Order Name? Most Specific Name? Begin Time End Time Description?
  2. Host Rock Unconsolidated Deposit Gravel - - Gravel - - -

Exploration

STATUS IS INACTIVE

Holdings

Mineral rights ownership information.

  1. Type?
  2. Located Claim

Model

Mineral deposit model of the site.

  1. Name? USGS Model Code? BC Model Code? Mark 3 model code?
  2. PLACER GOLD-PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS 39A C01. C02 -

Production

Production information

  1. Production Year? Amount Mined? Material? Comment
  2. 1921 2146.14 grams Gold 4,000 yards processed; 69 troy ounces gold
  3. 1923 1492.96 grams Gold 500 yards processed; 48 troy ounces gold
  4. 1949 2581.58 grams Gold 10,000 yards processed; 83 troy ounces gold; 10 troy ounces silver
  5. 1951 559.86 grams Gold 18 troy ounces gold; 2 troy ounces silver
  6. 1954 902 grams Gold 3 troy ounces silver; 500 yards processed; 29 troy ounces gold

Reference

MENZIE AND OTHERS, 1983

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Footnotes

* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.

** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.

1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.

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