Thompson and Burns (ARDF #LG080) Au

Thompson and Burns

Prospect, Inactive

Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities	Au
Ore minerals	gold

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale	LG
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale	A-1
Latitude	65.035
Longitude	-147.485
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location
Location and accuracy	Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 30; NW1/4NE1/4 sec. 2, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect tunnel is just above the Central Star shaft, on the south side of the west fork of Skoogy Gulch, at an elevation of 2,100 feet. Accuracy is within 1,000 feet.

Geologic setting

Geologic description A tunnel was driven N 70 W along a fracture dipping 80 S (Hill, 1933). Reddish-yellow, crushed brecciated schist and dike rock were on the dump and two samples assayed no more than 83 cents of gold per ton or 0.04 ounces of gold per ton (Hill, 1933).
Geologic map unit	(-147.487444260365, 65.0345758752426)
Mineral deposit model	Gold-quartz vein.

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration	An exploration tunnel was driven along a fracture sometime before 1933 (Hill, 1933).
Indication of production	Undetermined

References

MRDS Number	A015386
References Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p. Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.
Reporters	C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer (Avalon Development Corporation)
Last report date	5/4/1999