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Parker

Occurrence 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
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002791
MRDS ID A015257
Record type Site
Current site name Parker

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.06102, 64.88966 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is approximately three-quarters of a mile north of Ester Dome, on the saddle between Nugget Creek and Sheep Creek in the NW1/4NE1/4 sec. 25, T. 1 N., R. 3 W., Fairbanks Meridian.

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) -148.06102, 64.88966
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of an irregular, 1- to 6-inch-thick, gold-bearing quartz vein oriented N. 15 E., dipping 55 W. (Chapman and Foster, 1969, p. D19; Stewart, 1933, p. 145). The quartz is coarsely crystalline and contains small amounts of metallic sulfides (Stewart, 1933, p. 145). Bedrock in this area, on the northern flanks of Ester Dome, consists of two units of the Fairbanks Schist: a quartz-muscovite schist and an amphibolite-biotite schist (Newberrry and others, 1996). The vein was developed by a number of open cuts and by a 70-foot-deep inclined shaft (Stewart, 1933, p. 145).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The Parker vein was developed by a number of open cuts and by a 70-foot-deep inclined shaft (Stewart, 1933, p. 145). In 1933, drifting along the vein began, both to the north and south, on the 50-foot level below the shaft (Stewart, 1933, p. 145).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Stewart, 1933

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein
Deposit Other Comments = Also see the Blue Bonanza mine (FB006).

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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