Lower Hope Creek Gold Mine

Fairbanks North Star, Alaska

65.4039°N 146.3237°W

Mine Overview

The Lower Hope Creek Gold Mine is in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska. Historically the site has been part of the Circle Mining District. The Lower Hope Creek Gold Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open.

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Gold Primary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Mine Development Status^?
Placer Operation Type^?
1934 First Year Of Production^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Lower Hope Creek Current
Hoope Association Previous
Good Hope Previous
Hope Association Previous
Hope Bench Association Previous

Owner Name and Address

Gullycat Enterprises

Type: Owner-Operator

June Goulet

Type: Owner-Operator

Leodore Goulet

Type: Owner-Operator

Trinity Mining Company

Type: Owner-Operator

Wanda Iorio

Type: Owner-Operator

Wanda Moyer

Type: Owner-Operator

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Gold Metallic Primary

Location Info

Fairbanks North Star , Alaska County / State

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

Meridian / Township / Range Description

Meridian^? Township^? Section^? Aliquot^?
Fairbanks Meridian T.7N R.7E Sec. 28 -

Land Status

Land status information.

Land Status^? Admin Area^?
Blm Administrative Area -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Circle Mining District

Holdings

Mineral rights ownership information.

Type^?
Located Claim

Production

Production information

Production Year^? Amount Mined^? Material^? Comment
1934 124.41 grams Gold 83 yards processed; 4 troy ounces gold
1935 62.2 grams Gold 2 troy ounces gold
1945 186.62 grams Gold 1 troy ounces silver; 6 troy ounces gold

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

There are no places nearby

Nearby Mining Districts

Circle Mining District (0 miles away)

Footnotes

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** 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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