Fran

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307721
Record type	Site
Current site name	Fran

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-147.51496, 65.05867 (WGS84)
Relative position	The location given is the center of the Fran claim block which is approximately 2640 feet by 2640 feet; it is just east of the site of the 'Eldorado Camp' on upper Eldorado Creek.
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-147.51496, 65.05867	ListMap

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Northeast-trending gold quartz veins, associated with anomalous gold in soils, are reported on the west half of the property (D. Wietchy, oral commun., 1999).

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = Random soil sampling and resampling of old shafts (D. Wietchy, oral commun., 1999).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	LG057

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Freeman, C.J., and Schaefer, Janet, 1999: Alaska Resource Data File, Livengood quadrangle: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-574, 464 p.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = This description

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	04-MAY-99	C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer	Avalon Development Corporation