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Herschberger

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002935
MRDS ID A015428
Record type Site
Current site name Herschberger
Alternate or previous names Beall, Phipps
Related records 10282005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.4549, 65.06274 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 38; SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 25, T. 3 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is along Willow Creek, a headwater tributary of Cleary Creek, about 1.2 miles NNW of Cleary Summit. Accuracy is within 2,000 feet.
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.4549, 65.06274
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The only published record of this prospect states that some rich gold ore was extracted prior to 1910 (Brooks, 1911). The prospect was clearly separate from the Tolovana mine (ARDF no. LG110) at that time, but may have been developed with the Tolovana mine after that point. No information is available as to the character of mineralization on the prospect.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Brooks (1911, p. 34), reported that some ore was taken out in the course of development work in 1910.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Brooks (1911, p. 34), reported that some ore was taken out in the course of development work in 1910.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A015428
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF LG108

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

  • Deposit

    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.)

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1911, The mining industry in 1910, in Brooks, A.K., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1910: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480-B p. 21-43.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brooks, 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold-quartz vein.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation