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Cottonblossom

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony
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  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 10002786
MRDS ID A015252
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonblossom
Alternate or previous names St. Jude, Olsen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.07101, 64.8666 (WGS84)
Relative position The Cottonblossom prospect is located in the NW1/4 SE1/4 sec. 36, T. 1 N., R. 3 W., Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is on the ridge between Ready Bullion Creek and Willow Creek. It is at an elevation of about 1,880 feet about 0.6 mile south-southwest of the top of Ester Dome. The prospect is included in locality 5 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
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A mineralized zone near a fault plane contains auriferous quartz veins and pods of stibnite (Smith, 1913 [B 525]). (Chapin, 1914 [B 592-J, p. 321-355]) reported 100 feet of tunnel and crosscuts. The mineralized zone was explored by two shafts that trend N. 35 W.; dump materials consist of dark mica schist and very little quartz (Hill, 1933).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Chapin (1914 [B 592-J, p. 321-355]) reported 100 feet of tunnel and crosscuts. Hill (1933) reported that by 1931 the mineralized zone was explored by two shafts oriented N. 35 W.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-662)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein

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

Beyond USGS

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

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