1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF)

Banner

Prospect, Inactive

Map
KML
XML
GeoJSON

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 65.073
Longitude -147.363
Nearby scientific data Find additional scientific data near this location
Location and accuracy Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 45; SW1/4NW1/4 sec. 21, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This deposit is above Rexall Cabin at the head of Wolf Creek. Accuracy is within 1,000 feet.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

The prospect was discovered prior to 1912 when the shaft had already caved. The prospect reportedly contained ore with free gold but no production records are available (Smith, 1913; B 525). Chapin (1914) plotted the location of the Banner prospect but did not examine the prospect in 1913. No other published or private references to the Banner prospect are known.
Geologic map unit (-147.365448760198, 65.0725780304367)
Mineral deposit model Gold-quartz vein?

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration Shaft caved and partly flooded by 1912 (Smith, 1913; B 525).
Indication of production Undetermined

References

MRDS Number A015447

References

Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.
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.
Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)
Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.
Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.
Reporters C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer (Avalon Development Corporation)
Last report date 5/4/1999