Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Fairbanks District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 203071
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203071.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fairbanks District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA": 329
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 328

Number of Child Localities: 328
Child Localities:
Ace Creek Prospect
Alaska Flyer Prospect
Alaska; Gladstone; Jupiter-Mars; Grace E#2? Mine
Alder Creek Mine
Alder Creek Prospect
American; American Eagle; Perrault; Perrault And Murphy Mine
Anderson Occurrence
Anna Mary Prospect
Antimony Ridge Prospect
Banner Creek Mines
Banner Dike Zone Prospects
Banner Prospect
Barker And McQueen Mine
Basham Prospect
Beaver Creek Mine
Bedrock Creek Mine
Bellows Creek Prospect
Big Blue Prospect
Big Eldorado Creek Mine
Blossom; Black Bear; Lundbled And Anderson Prospect
Blue Moon Mazeppa; Pioneer; Blue Bell Mine
Bobbie Prospect
Bondholder Mine
Brumfield Mine
Buckeye Creek; Martha; Moore Creek Mines
Buckeye Zone Prospects
Bunker Hill Mine
Burnet Galena Prospect
Burnet Mine
Butler And Petree Prospect
Butte Creek; Twentymile Cr. Prospect
Camp Bird Prospect
Campbell-Monroe; Campbell Mine
Canyon Creek Prospect
Caribou Creek Mine
Charles Prospect
Chatanika River Mine
Chatham Creek Mine
Chatham Mine
Chechako No. 1; Eldorado; Westonvitch Mine
Cheyenne; Vergil Prospect
Christina; Vetter; Shelden Mine
Circle Trail Prospect
Cleary Creek Mine
Cleary Hill; Summit; Cleary; Freegold Mine
Clipper; Lounsbury Mine
Coffee Dome Prospect (ARDF - LG191)
Coffee Dome Prospect (ARDF - LG204)
Coffee East Prospect
Colbert And Warmbold Occurrence
Colbert; Big Chief; Pearl; Triangle Prospect
Colorado Creek; Willie Association Prospect
Columbia; Meier Prospect
Cora Bluff Prospect
Cottonblossom; St. Jude; Olsen Prospect
Crane Creek Mine
Creeks Prospect
Cripple Creek Mine
Crosscut Prospect
Crown Point; Comstock Prospect
Cunningham Prospect
David Mine
Deep Creek Mine
Deep Faith Prospect
Democrat Creek; Democrat Gulch; Democrat Pup Mine
Democrat Lode; John Mitchell Lode Mine
Dolphin Prospect
Dome Creek Mine
Dome View Prospect
Dorothy And Dorice; Cosgrove And Krutsch Prospect
Drone Creek; DC Prospect
Eagan And Eagan Prospect
Eagan; Eagan Twin Creek Prospect
East Gate Prospect
East Scrafford Prospect
Ebbert Prospect
Elmes; Ethel; Nickaloff Mine
Emma Creek Prospect
Emma; Overgard; Kathrine Mine
Empire Mine
Engineer Creek Mine
Engineer Prospect
Ester Creek Mine
Eureka Mine
Eva Creek Mine
Excelsior; Cross Vein Prospect
Fair Chance; Frisco; McGlove; Miller And O'Connor; Star Crystal; Stay And Company Mine
Fairbanks Creek Mine
Farmer Mine
Farmer Prospect
First Chance Creek Mine
First Chance Mine
Fish Creek Mine
Flagler Prospect
Flat Creek Prospect
Flume Creek Mine (ARDF - FB093)
Flume Creek Mine (ARDF - LG063)
Foster Hungerford; Empire; Alaska Group Prospect
Fox Creek Mine (ARDF - FB086)
Fox Creek Mine (ARDF - LG061)
Fran Prospect
Franklin; Ptarmigan; Zimmerman Prospect
Frederich Mine
Freeman And Scharf Prospect
Gale Prospect
Gil Prospect
Gilmer Mine
Gilmore Creek Mine
Gilmore Prospect
Goepfert Prospect
Gold Creek Prospect
Gold Hill Mine
Gold Run Creek Prospect
Goldstream Creek Mine (ARDF - FB085)
Goldstream Creek Mine (ARDF - FB151)
Goodwin Mine
Goodwin Prospect
Goose Creek Prospect
Governor Mine
Green Mountain Prospect
Happy Creek Mine
Harris And Brown; Sky High; Grace E#1 Prospect
Hegan And Lefebre Prospect
Henry Ford Mine
Herschberger; Beall; Phipps Prospect
Hess And Burnett Prospect
Hess And Thomas Prospect
Hi-Yu; Crites And Feldman Mine
Hidden Treasure Mine
Hill Creek Mine
Hindenburg; Markovich Mine
Hinkley Gulch Mines
Hirschberger And Zimmerman Mine
Hoel Brothers; Johnson And Witmer Prospect
Homestake Creek Mine
Homestake Mine
Hoover Prospects
Hope Creek Prospect
Hudson Mine
Independence Mine
Iowa Prospect
Irad Prospect
IXL Mine
Jackson Prospect
Janiksela Prospect
Jennie C.; McQueen; Black Diamond Mine
Johnson; Johnson And Martin Prospect
Junction Creek Mines
Kellen Prospect
Killarney Mine
Koegley Prospect
Kokomo Creek Mine
Last Chance Creek Mine
Last Chance Mine
Leidy Prospect
Lepsoe Prospect
Lincoln Mine
Little Eldorado Creek Mine
Little Flower; Flower; McCann And Olsen Mine
Little Nugget Creek Mine
Lookout; Turnbarge Mine
Lost Creek Mine
Lundgren-Rowley Prospect
Macomb Prospect
Maloney Prospect
Marshall Dome
McCarty Mine
McCarty Shaft Mine
McDonald Mine (Morton; Blue Bird; Blue Bird Fraction; Combination Mine)
McGrath Occurrence
McNeil; Branholm-Jenkins Prospect
McQueen Prospect
Michley Mine
Minton Creek Occurrence
Mizpah; Black Joe Mine
Mohawk Mine (Bondholder Claim; Bondholder Extension Claim; Peg Leg Claim; Yellow Jacket Claim; Mohawk No. 2 Claim; Mohawk No. 3 Claim; Liberty Claim; Spite Fraction Claim)
Monte Cristo Pup; Monte Cristo Creek Mine
Moonlight Prospect
Moore-Sheldon Occurrence
Moose Gulch Occurrence
Morgana Prospect
Mother Lode Prospect
Mother Lode; Dome Creek Prospect
Mother; Murphy; Stipp; Logan And Murphy Prospect
Munzie Lode Prospect
Nars Anderson; Dorando Prospect
Newsboy Extension Prospect
Newsboy Mine
Nightingale Prospect
Nils Genki Prospect
No Grub Creek Mine
North Star Extension Mine
North Star; Skoogy Gulch; Big Lead Prospect
Nugget Creek Mine (ARDF - FB001)
Nugget Creek Mine (ARDF - FB110)
Nugget Discovery Prospect
O'Connor Creek Mine
Ohio; Early Bird; Mayflower; Connors And Stevens Mine
Old Glory-Seattle Creek; Leslie Prospect
Old No. 2 Prospect
Our Creek Mine
Paldo Creek Mine
Parker Occurrence
Pasco Creek Prospect
Paupers Dream Prospect
Pearl Creek Mine
Pedro Creek Mine (ARDF - FB094)
Pedro Creek Mine (ARDF - LG064)
Pennsylvania Mine
Perrault Prospect
Pine Creek; Pyne Creek Prospect
Pioneer Mine
Plumbum Prospect
Prometheus Prospect
Ptarmigan Creek Prospect (tributary Of Chatanika River)
Queen Prospect
Quemboe Bros. Prospect
Rainbow Mine
Ready Bullion Creek Mine
Ready Bullion Prospect
Ready Bullion; Borovich And Stevens; Hudson Mine
Redline Prospect
Redmond Creek; Mosquito Creek Prospect
Rexall Mine
Rhyolite Prospect
Rick's Prospect (Rick's; Rick's Creek; Rick's Nickel; Nickel Creek; Nail Allochthon; Nail Ridge Prospects)
Ridge; Isaacson Prospect
Rob Roy; Saucy; Wolf Mine
Robinson; Mohawk; Franklin; Rose; Heilig And Creighton Mine
Rogach Prospects
Rose Creek; New Years Pup Mine
Rose Creek; Ogram Prospect
Roughneck Prospect
Royal Flush; Adler Mine
RV Mine
Ryan Lode Mine
S.S. Prospect
Saddle Prospect
Sanford; Lone Tree Mine
Schaefer Prospect
Schubert Prospect
Scott Reese; Rex Prospect
Scrafford Mine
Serpentine Creek Mine
Shamrock Creek; VABM Buck Prospects
Sheep Creek Mine
Silver Dollar Mine (Makaich Mine; Radovich Mine)
Silver Fox; Silvertone; Busty Belle Mine
Sky High (Quemboe No. 2 Occurrence)
Smallwood Creek Mine
Social Security; Norris Prospect
Solomon Prospect
Soo; Spaulding; Wild Rose; Chief; Waterbury; Waverly; Inspiration; Carnation Mine
Sorrels Creek Prospect
Sourdough Creek Prospect
Spruce Creek Prospect
Spruce Hen Mine
St. Patrick Creek
St. Paul; McCann; Thomas; Mickley And Hagel Mine
Stay; Little Eva; Eva No. 2; Curlew No. 1; Comet No 2; Rose; Comet Mine
Steamboat Creek Mine
Steamboat Creek Prospect
Steele Creek Mine
Steese Highway; Mile 17.5 Occurrence
Steil Prospect
Stepovich Mine
Stepovich No. 1 Prospect
Stepovich Prospect
Stibnite Mine
Stibnite Prospect
Sunrise No. 1 Prospect
Sunrise No. 2 Prospect
Tamarack Prospect
Tanana; Grant; Hirshberger Prospect
Teuchet Creek; TC Prospect
Thompson And Burns Prospect
Thompson Prospect
Thrift Mine
Tolovana Mine
Too Much Gold Creek Mine
Too Much Gold Prospect
Treasure Creek Mine
Treasure Creek Occurrence
Treasure Creek Prospect
True North Prospect
Tungsten Hill; Grand Duke Nikolas; Tungsten No. 1; General Joffre Prospect
Twin Creek Mine
Tyndall And Finn Prospect
Unnamed Mine (ARDF - LG045; Lower Little Eldorado Creek In The Chatanika Flats)
Unnamed Mines (Lower Dome Creek In The Chatanika Flats)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - BD041; Headwaters Of Rick's Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - BD044; Headwaters Of North Fork Of Salcha River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - BD045; Near Ohio Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - BD047; Near Wheeler Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - BD052)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - FB108; In The Headwaters Of Steele Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - LG176; On The Ridge At The Headwaters Of Too Much Gold Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - BD043; Headwaters Of Rick's Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - FB014; Southeast Ester Dome)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - FB035; Head Of Eva Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - FB071; Hattie Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - FB074; In Upper Treasure Creek)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - LG089)
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - LG167; On Fairbanks Creek)
Vault Creek Mine
Voght; Melba Creek; Monte Cristo; Granite Hill Prospect
Vuyovich Mine (ARDF - FB019)
Vuyovich Mine (ARDF - FB033)
Wackwitz; Silver King; Little Jim Prospect
Walnut Creek Mine
Wandering Jew Mine
West Fork Prospect
White Elephant Mine
White Prospect
Whitehorse Mine
Whitman & Murray Mine
Wildcat Creek Mine
Willow Creek Prospect
Wolf Creek Mine
Wolf Creek Prospect
Woodpecker Prospect
Woods; Alpha; Omega Prospect
Wyoming Mine
Yellow Eagle Mine
Yellow Pup Creek Mine
Yellow Pup Mine
Zimmerman Prospect (near Junction Of Twin And Pedro Creeks)
Zimmerman Prospect (near Skoogy Gulch)

Latitude: 64°57'41"N
Longitude: 147°22'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.961388888889,-147.37805555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PentlanditePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteVesuvianiteZinkenite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211296483092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS64129590,129592,129593,129599,129603,129607,129608,129612,129622,129623,129625,129627,129628,129630,129639,129643,129644,129647,129648,129649,129653,129661,129664,129668,129685,129700,129704,129706,129710,129714,129719,129722,129723,129726,129729,129736,129747,129749,129751,129753,129758,129769,129770,129775,129796,129799,129800,129803,129811,129817,129818,129825,129835,129842,129856,129858,129862,129874,129881,129890,129892,129902,129905,1299109052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22129808,1298775509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi6129608,129617,129690,129773,129788,1298891966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32129649,1298891935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411298775516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S115129625,129627,129649,129653,129858843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5129649,129689,129839,129849,12985627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO222129592,129597,129598,129607,129617,129620,129626,129640,129650,129670,129673,129675,129696,129714,129740,129789,129790,129793,129796,129837,129870,1299015171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11298304979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O42129618,129751352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2129718,1298775707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215129592,129607,129622,129627,129653,129714,129765,129769,129770,129796,129808,129830,129858,129874,12988127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411298083902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11298391025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2129627,1297964165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62129839,1299094135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211298399617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS42129590,129592,129593,129604,129607,129608,129610,129612,129618,129622,129627,129629,129653,129658,129668,129686,129689,129692,129710,129718,129720,129722,129726,129753,129757,129758,129771,129780,129800,129818,129825,129830,129835,129845,129853,129856,129858,129878,129892,129896,129898,12990524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu243129583,129584,129585,129586,129587,129588,129589,129590,129591,129592,129593,129594,129595,129597,129598,129599,129600,129601,129603,129605,129606,129607,129608,129609,129611,129612,129613,129614,129615,129616,129617,129618,129619,129620,129621,129622,129624,129626,129627,129628,129629,129632,129634,129637,129638,129640,129642,129643,129644,129645,129646,129647,129648,129649,129650,129651,129652,129654,129656,129657,129658,129659,129661,129662,129663,129664,129665,129666,129667,129668,129669,129670,129671,129672,129673,129674,129675,129677,129678,129680,129681,129682,129685,129686,129689,129690,129692,129693,129694,129695,129696,129697,129699,129701,129702,129703,129704,129706,129707,129710,129711,129712,129713,129714,129715,129716,129717,129718,129719,129720,129721,129722,129724,129726,129730,129731,129732,129733,129734,129735,129736,129738,129739,129740,129741,129742,129743,129744,129749,129751,129752,129754,129755,129757,129758,129759,129760,129762,129764,129766,129769,129770,129773,129774,129775,129776,129777,129778,129779,129780,129782,129783,129784,129785,129786,129788,129789,129790,129791,129792,129793,129794,129795,129796,129797,129798,129799,129800,129801,129802,129803,129804,129805,129806,129807,129809,129810,129811,129812,129813,129816,129817,129818,129819,129820,129821,129824,129825,129826,129827,129828,129829,129830,129831,129832,129833,129835,129836,129837,129838,129841,129842,129843,129844,129846,129847,129851,129856,129857,129859,129860,129861,129862,129864,129865,129866,129867,129869,129870,129871,129879,129880,129883,129884,129885,129887,129888,129889,129890,129891,129893,129894,129898,129899,129900,129901,129902,129904,129905,129906,129907,129910,12991130554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311297565433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1411129610,129625,129627,129658,129704,129726,129749,129753,129796,129818,129830784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411297145591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11298081487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42129756,12980814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23129720,129808,12987712537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi112964988
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4112984944
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24129720,129830,129839,1298495800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)28129593,129648,129649,129700,129714,129723,129856,12990217380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811296491512
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1129830494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS247129592,129593,129603,129604,129607,129608,129610,129612,129622,129625,129627,129639,129647,129648,129649,129653,129661,129671,129685,129700,129704,129710,129714,129718,129719,129722,129723,129726,129729,129769,129770,129799,129800,129810,129815,129818,129827,129835,129842,129853,129856,129858,129862,129874,129881,129896,12990539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11296101725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87129607,129608,129649,129653,129714,129720,1298589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225129593,129608,129627,129630,129648,129653,129714,129745,129751,129758,129773,129796,129817,129818,129825,129827,129839,129849,129852,129858,129874,129875,129876,129877,12987861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211297205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)46129589,129592,129598,129602,129607,129617,129618,129620,129626,129627,129633,129635,129650,129655,129665,129670,129673,129675,129681,129684,129690,129696,129714,129720,129729,129740,129745,129756,129757,129773,129781,129788,129800,129813,129823,129837,129839,129849,129857,129862,129869,129889,129897,129901,129906,1299094894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4129618,129751,129825,1298511153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11298276417
Silver  (*)CopperAg5129627,129668,129797,129820,1298875186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18129603,129612,129622,129627,129653,129661,129700,129710,129749,129758,129769,129770,129800,129830,129856,129858,129878,12989221482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1129825446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S395129590,129591,129592,129593,129599,129603,129604,129607,129608,129612,129618,129620,129621,129622,129623,129624,129626,129627,129628,129637,129639,129641,129643,129647,129648,129649,129652,129658,129661,129665,129668,129670,129675,129685,129689,129698,129700,129704,129710,129713,129718,129719,129720,129726,129728,129729,129731,129736,129747,129749,129751,129757,129758,129761,129762,129764,129769,129770,129771,129775,129780,129782,129791,129792,129794,129796,129798,129799,129803,129810,129811,129814,129817,129818,129820,129825,129830,129834,129835,129837,129842,129843,129848,129849,129852,129853,129854,129862,129882,129891,129892,129898,129901,129905,1299063418
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1129649510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310129623,129627,129649,129700,129718,129796,129830,129835,129856,1298925317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011298391395
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S421129704228



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