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Hirschberger and Zimmerman

Mine, Inactive

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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 -147.45
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Location and accuracy Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 33; SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 1, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The mine is located in the vicinity of Twin Creek, about 8 miles by road northeast of Fox along the Steese Highway. Accuracy is within 1,500 feet.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

Ore was shipped in 1911 from an auriferous vein said to be 1 to 5 feet wide (Brooks, 1912, p. 32).
Geologic map unit (-147.452444447219, 65.034576248393)
Mineral deposit model Gold-quartz vein.

Production and reserves

Indication of production Yes; small

References

MRDS Number A015391

References

Brooks, A.H., 1912, The mining industry in 1911, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1911: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520-A, p. 17-44.
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.
Reporters C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer (Avalon Development Corporation)
Last report date 5/4/1999