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Sunrise #2

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307725
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.46996, 65.05468 (WGS84)
Relative position The Sunrise #2 prospect is located 800 feet southeast of the Newsboy mine near the Steese Highway, and about 1.1 miles northwest of Cleary Summit; NW1/4SW1/4 sec. 25, T. 3 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian.
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.46996, 65.05468
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The only reference to the prospect indicated that surface pits were present in 1913 (Chapin, 1914). Quartz veinlets in schist were observed on the dumps of these pits but no information regarding gold grades is known (Freeman, 1991).

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 = The only reference to the prospect indicated that surface pits were present in 1913 (Chapin, 1914).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF LG099

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Freeman, C.J., 1991, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 1: General project summary and exploration summary for the Too Much Gold, Circle Trail, Saddle and Christina prospects: Avalon Development Corp., 164 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)

  • 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

    Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Chapin, 1914

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