Deposit ID | 10101017 |
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MRDS ID | A015277 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Mohawk Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Bondholder, Bondholder Extension, Peg Leg, Yellow Jacket, Mohawk #3 Mohawk, Liberty, Spite Fraction. Mohawk #2. |
Geographic coordinates: | -147.98628, 64.87272 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | ABOUT 8 MILES WNW OF FAIRBANKS |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Antimony | Secondary |
Lead | Tertiary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Galena | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
(1) | -147.98628, 64.87272 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Year of first production | 1914 |
Year of last production | 1940 |
District name | Fairbanks |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015277 |
USGS MF-410 (D-2), LOC. 17
USGS BULL. 849-B, P. 142-147
USGS BULL. 792, P. 11-12
USGS BULL 592, P. 355
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | FREE GOLD, ARSENOPYRITE, STIBNITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE IN QUARTZ VEINS WITH SCHIST INCLUSIONS; SOME GOUGE. MOST PRODUCTION FROM MOHAWK VEIN; VEIN VARIES FROM 9 IN. TO 6 FT. IN WIDTH, STRIKES N 30 E AND DIPS 60 ESE, AND YEILDS ABOUT 1 OZ. AU PER TON OF ORE. SOME OF ORE CONTAINS BUNCHES OF STIBNITE. SEVERAL OTHER VEINS THAN MOHAWK ENCOUNTERED UNDERGROUND. BONDHOLDER VEIN CUTS MICA-QUARTZ SCHIST AND CONTAINS GOLD, ARSENOPYRITE AND STIBNITE. THE NARROWEST PARTS OF THE MOHAWK VEIN CONTAINS THE MOST GOLD. |
Deposit | MAJOR WORK ON MOHAWK AND BONDHOLDER CLAIMS; SOME DEVELOPMENT ON YELLOW JACKET. BONDHOLDER VEIN AT HEAD OF ST. PATRICK CR. AT ELEVATION 1,250 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAY-1987 | Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 20-SEP-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES. |