Last Chance Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA i
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Last Chance Creek Mine Mine
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Fairbanks North Star Borough Borough
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Location: The Last Chance Creek mine is located in sec. 19, T. 2 N., R. 3 E., Fairbanks Meridian. This placer mine is marked in the headwaters of Last Chance Creek on the Fairbanks D-1 topographic map. The mine is about 4.3 miles east-northeast of the top of Gilmore Dome. The mine is locality 61 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).
Geology: Bedrock in the Last Chance Creek drainage is Fairbanks Schist that consists of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996). Placer mining took place from 1911 to 1914 and in 1925 and 1926 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 73]; Wimmler, 1925 [ATDM MR 195-8, p. 52]; Wimmler, 1926 [ATDM MR 195-11, p. 57]).
Workings: Placer mining took place from 1911 to 1914, and hydraulic mining was reported in 1925 and 1926 (Wimmler, 1925 [ATDM MR 195-8, p. 52]; Wimmler, 1926 [ATDM MR 195-11, p. 57]).
Age: Quaternary placer.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au (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.

ⓘ Gold

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:	FB124

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References

Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 357-362. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p. Eakin, H M., 1915, Mining in the Fairbanks district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-G, p. 229-238. 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. Newberry, R.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Clautice, K.C., Combellick, R.A., Douglas, T., Laird, G.M., Liss, S.A., Pinney, D.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Solie, D.N., 1996, Preliminary geologic map of the Fairbanks mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 96-16, 17 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360. Wimmler, N.L., 1925, Placer mining in Alaska in 1925: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 195-8, 118 p. Wimmler, N.L., 1926, Placer mining in Alaska in 1926: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 195-11, 121 p.

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