Newsboy Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Copper, Zinc

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10002933
MRDS ID	A015425
Record type	Site
Current site name	Newsboy Mine
Alternate or previous names	Newsboy Extension Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-147.47574, 65.05578 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

USGS MF-413, LOC. 37. DEPOSIT JUST SOUTH OF SADDLE, AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,750 FT., BETWEEN CLEARY AND LAST CHANCE CREEKS. MINE MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-1). MILEPOST 22 OF STEESE HIGHWAY ON ONE OF THE CLAIMS. SADDLE 2 MILES NNE OF PEDRO DOME. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Antimony	Tertiary
Copper	Tertiary
Zinc	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Gold	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Stibnite	Ore
Pyrite	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Schist Iron-Stained

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-147.47574, 65.05578	ListMap

Comments on the geologic information

NEWSBOY VEIN HAS BEEN BROKEN BY SEVERAL FAULTS; VEIN APPEARS TO BE NEAR THE CREST OF THE ANTICLINE THAT DETERMINED THE SITE OF PEDRO DOME MINERALIZATION. VEIN FAULTED OFF AT END OF SEVERAL DRIFTS. ORE IS SHEARED AND BREAKS DOWN EASILY.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Year of first production	1910

Mining district

District name	Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFT SUNK NEARLY 350 FT WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS TURNED OFF ON 60, 115, 215, AND 315 FOOT LEVELS.

Comments on development

DEVELOPED BY EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ON AT LEAST 5 LEVELS; SOME STOPES CONTINUOUS FROM SURFACE DOWN TO 160 FT. LEVEL OR DEEPER. MINING REPORTED 1910-13 AND 1930-35. RECORDS LOST; NO DATA ON PRODUCTION. SMALL MILL ON PROPERTY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A015425

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 37
Deposit

USGS BULL 525, P. 187-189
Deposit

USGS BULL 849-B, P. 75, 85-89.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	GOLD, STIBNITE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND SPHALERITE IN CRUSHED IRON-STAINED SILICIFIED SCHIST AND QUARTZ LODE CUT BY CLOSELY SPACED QUARTZ VEINLETS. NEWSBOY VEIN 4-14 FT. WIDE AND CONSISTS OF CRUSHED IRON-STAINED SCHIST AND QUARTZ WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE. SCHIST HORSES ARE FAIRLY NUMEROUS IN THE VEIN AND ARE NOT SHARPLY SEPERATED FROM THE VEIN MATERIAL. ANOTHER VEIN IS 10 IN. WIDE, STRIKES N 79 E, DIPS 60 S, AND CONSISTS OF CRUSHED QUARTZ AND SULFIDES; GOLD ALSO PRESENT. SILICIFIED SCHIST WITH CLOSELY SPACED QUARTZ VEINLETS ARE SUFFICIENTLY RICH TO MINE OVER WIDTHS OF 8-12 FT.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

GOLD, STIBNITE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND SPHALERITE IN CRUSHED IRON-STAINED SILICIFIED SCHIST AND QUARTZ LODE CUT BY CLOSELY SPACED QUARTZ VEINLETS. NEWSBOY VEIN 4-14 FT. WIDE AND CONSISTS OF CRUSHED IRON-STAINED SCHIST AND QUARTZ WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE. SCHIST HORSES ARE FAIRLY NUMEROUS IN THE VEIN AND ARE NOT SHARPLY SEPERATED FROM THE VEIN MATERIAL. ANOTHER VEIN IS 10 IN. WIDE, STRIKES N 79 E, DIPS 60 S, AND CONSISTS OF CRUSHED QUARTZ AND SULFIDES; GOLD ALSO PRESENT. SILICIFIED SCHIST WITH CLOSELY SPACED QUARTZ VEINLETS ARE SUFFICIENTLY RICH TO MINE OVER WIDTHS OF 8-12 FT.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1987	Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.)	U.S. Geological Survey