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Schaefer

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307742
Record type Site
Current site name Schaefer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.30895, 65.06568 (WGS84)
Relative position The Schaefer prospect is located along the north side of Fairbanks Creek upstream from its confluence with Too Much Gold Creek; NE1/4NE1/4 sec. 27, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian.
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.30895, 65.06568
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = By late 1912, a 30-foot shaft had been sunk on a 2.5-foot-wide shear zone which assayed 26 ounces of silver per ton. Smith (1913, B 525) indicated the Schaefer prospect consisted of a flat-lying quartz-rich zone along which a 150 foot adit had been driven by 1912. The adit trends N 5 E in highly oxidized and weathered schist. It is believed the Schaefer adit was being driven to access the high grade silver mineralization encountered in the 30 foot shaft.

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 = By late 1912, a 30-foot shaft had been sunk on a 2.5-foot-wide shear zone which assayed 26 ounces of silver per ton. Smith (1913, B 525) indicated the Schaefer prospect consisted of a flat-lying, quartz-rich zone along which a 150 foot adit was driven by 1912. The adit trends N 5 E in highly oxidized and weathered schist. It is believed the Schaefer adit was being driven to access the high grade silver mineralization encountered in the 30-foot shaft.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF LG166

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Times Publishing Company, 1912, Tanana Magazine, Quartz Edition: Fairbanks, Alaska 76 p.

  • Deposit

    Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.

  • Deposit

    Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.

  • Deposit

    Pilkington, H.D., 1970, Keystone Mines Inc. exploration program summary: International Minerals & Chemicals Corporation, 61 p. , 1 plate.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = High-grade silver mineralization in a shear zone with quartz.
Deposit Other Comments = the prospect was staked in 1912 as the Eugenia claim by M.A. Schaefer (Times Publishing Company, 1912).

Reporter information

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