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Mohawk Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000491
MRDS ID A010675
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Mine
Alternate or previous names Bondholder

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.99184, 64.87188 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ON ESTER DOME LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.99184, 64.87188
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Fairbanks District

Comments on the workings information

  • MOWHAWK VEIN WORKED FOR AT LEAST 1300 FT. LENGTH AND 230 FT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PRINCIPAL QUARTZ VEINS (MOWHAWK & BONDHOLDER) UP TO 7 FT THICK. QUARTZ NEAR STIBNITE POCKETS IS HIGHER GRADE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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