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Unnamed (on Fairbanks Creek)

Prospect, Inactive

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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Au
Other commodities Ag
Ore minerals gold; silver

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale LG
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale A-1
Latitude 65.065
Longitude -147.303
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Location and accuracy Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 50; NE1/4NE1/4 sec. 27, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The prospect is along Fairbanks Creek about 1/4 mile upstream of the mouth of Too Much Gold Creek. Accuracy is within 1,000 feet.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

Mineralized schist, opened by a short tunnel, carries 0.2 ounces of gold per ton and 60 ounces of silver per ton (Smith, 1913; B 525). Quartz stringers carry gold, but no silver. Bedrock is mainly schist (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633).
Geologic map unit (-147.305447290267, 65.0645792512138)
Mineral deposit model Gold-quartz vein.

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration A short tunnel was excavated in the mineralized schist (Smith, 1913; B 525).
Indication of production Undetermined

References

MRDS Number A015461

References

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