Lundgren-Rowley

Prospect, Inactive

Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities W
Ore minerals scheelite
Gangue minerals amphibole; biotite; plagioclase; potassium feldspar; quartz

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale LG
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale A-2
Latitude 65.013
Longitude -147.518
Nearby scientific data Find additional scientific data near this location
Location and accuracy At milepost 16.2 of the Steese Highway, a mining road follows Steamboat Creek to the northwest. Dozer cuts of the Lundgren-Rowley prospect are located 0.4 miles up the road on the east side of the road; NW1/4SE1/4 sec. 10, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

Samples of quartz diorite with scheelite contained from 0.045 to 0.35% tungsten (Conwell, 1972). Petrographic examination of the quartz diorite identified the following minerals associated with the tungsten ore: quartz, plagioclase, potassium feldspar, biotite, and amphibole. No significant gold or silver was found upon atomic absorption analysis (0.002 to 0.008 ounces of gold per ton; 0.015 to 0.02 ounces of silver per ton) (Conwell, 1972).
Geologic map unit (-147.520441770949, 65.0125748712452)
Mineral deposit model Scheelite in quartz diorite.

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration Surface samples were taken in the early 1970s from bedrock exposed by a dozer trench (Conwell, 1972).
Indication of production None

References

MRDS Number 10307722

References

Reporters C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer (Avalon Development Corporation)
Last report date 5/4/1999