Facts
- MSHA status
- Intermittent since Apr 3, 2021
- Type
- Surface
- County
- Fairbanks North Star
- State
- Alaska
- Land status (BLM data)
- Private land or land not mapped as public
- Nearest town
- Fairbanks
- Employees reported
- 22
- Operator
- Big Sky Exploration LLC
- Coordinates
- 64.9617, -147.6236
- MSHA mine ID
- 5002079
Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.
Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.
History and geology (USGS)
- USGS site name
- Fox Mill
- USGS status
- Past producer
- Commodities
- Gold, Antimony, Silver
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10160056 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.
Other gold mines under the same operator
- Little Eldorado Fairbanks North Star, AK
Gold mines nearby
- Little Eldorado 0 mi · intermittent
- Fox Mine 2 mi · intermittent
- Dome Creek Operations 3 mi · temporarily idled
- Fairbanks Excavation Mine 3 mi · intermittent
- Js-4 3 mi · intermittent
- Pedro Creek Mine 4 mi · intermittent
- Nolan Valley 9 mi · temporarily idled
- Ester 11 mi · intermittent