Main commodities | Au |
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Other commodities | Ag; Cu; Sb |
Ore minerals | arsenopyrite; chalcopyrite; covellite; gold; jamesonite; stibnite; tetrahedrite |
Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | FB |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | D-2 |
Latitude | 64.8744 |
Longitude | -148.005 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | The Prometheus prospect is located in the NW1/4 sec. 32, T. 1 N., R. 2 W, Fairbanks Meridian. The Prometheus shaft is at an elevation of approximately 1,500 feet, just northwest of the Wandering Jew mine (FB042). The exact location is uncertain, but it is about 1.5 miles east-southeast of the top of Ester Dome on the basis of the description by Hill (1933, p. 121,148). The prospect is included in locality 14 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]). |
Geologic descriptionBy 1913, a 60-foot shaft was sunk on an 8-foot-wide quartz vein that carried stibnite and disseminated sulfides; visible gold was reported to be fairly common (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 208]; Hill, 1933, p. 148). Samples from the dump contained two generations of quartz cut by fine veinlets of stibnite; some rocks have the greenish-yellow antimony-oxide stain (Chapin, 1914, p. 355). When visited in 1931, the Prometheus shaft was filled with water (Hill, 1933, p. 148). Surface exposures of the vein indicated that it trended N. 40 E. The ore on the dump consisted of white quartz cut by later veinlets of gray quartz with sulfides (Hill, 1933, p. 148). A grab sample from this ore pile assayed $9.52 in gold and silver and contained 6.4 ounces of silver per ton (Hill, 1933, p. 148). The sulfides include arsenopyrite, jamesonite, covellite, chalcopyrite, and tetrahedrite (Hill, 1933, p. 148; Chapman and Foster, 1969, p. D18). | |
Geologic map unit | (-148.007430232336, 64.873963721105) |
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Mineral deposit model | Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein |
Workings or exploration | By 1913, a 60-foot shaft had been sunk on an auriferous quartz vein (Smith, 1913, p. 208). |
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Indication of production | Undetermined |
Production notes | No information is available. |
MRDS Number | A015269 |
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References | |
Reporters | J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman (Avalon Development Corporation) |
Last report date | 7/31/2001 |