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Lookout

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002783
MRDS ID A015247
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout
Alternate or previous names Turnbarge
Related records 10111584

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.12795, 64.82855 (WGS84)
Relative position The Lookout mine is located in the SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 15, T. 1 S., R. 3 W., Fairbanks Meridian. This mine is on the west bank of Emma Creek at an elevation of approximately 1,000 feet. It is approximately 3 miles west-southwest of the town of Ester. This mine is locality 2 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).

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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Fairbanks N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.12795, 64.82855
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold was produced from a 6-foot-wide, auriferous, leucocratic dike that cuts a northeast-trending vein (Chapman and Foster, 1969, p. D19). The gold ranges from 685 to 756 fine (Glover, 1950). Bedrock is Fairbanks Schist consisting of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = An unknown amount of gold was produced from a 6-foot-wide auriferous dike (Chapman and Foster, 1969, p. D19).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Gold ore was reportedly mined from a 6-foot-wide dike but the workings were not described (Chapman and Foster, 1969, p. D19).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Chapman and Foster, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold in leucocratic dike

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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