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Fern Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000518
MRDS ID A010712
Record type Site
Current site name Fern Mine
Alternate or previous names Anchorage

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.24436, 61.82456 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NAGYAGITE IS SULPHOTEILYRIDE OF PB & AU. ONE MENTION OF TETRAHEDRITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Nagyagite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Wallrock Alteration Intense.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.24436, 61.82456
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description One Or More Faults Offset Vein.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 5.18M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shoots Along Intersections Of Main And Smaller Veins.

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE GEOLOGIC DATA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION "MORE THAN $1,000,000". IF HALF IS $20 GOLD AND HALF $35 GOLD, PRODUCTION AT LEAST 40,000 OZ AU. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 300M

Comments on development

  • A LITTLE PRODUCTION REPORTED AFTER WORLD WAR II, BUT DATES NOT GIVEN

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "VEIN" IS DESCRIBED AS SHEAR ZONE AS MUCH AS 17 FT WIDE MADE UP OF QUARTZ, GOUGE, AND ALTERED COMMINUTED QUARTZ DIORITE. ALSO CALLED "STRINGER ZONE" (WITH NO NOTABLY THICK QUARTZ LENSES).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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