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Vuyovich

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002792
MRDS ID A015258
Record type Site
Current site name Vuyovich

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.05184, 64.86855 (WGS84)
Relative position The Vuyovich mine is located in the NE1/4SE1/4 sec. 36, T. 1 N., R. 3 W., Fairbanks Meridian. This mine is near the head of Ready Bullion Creek. It is on the east side of the drainage at an elevation of about 1,250 feet and approximately 0.8 mile south of the top of Ester Dome. This mine is locality 9 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
Arsenopyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz is iron-stained.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.05184, 64.86855
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A narrow, auriferous quartz vein that strikes N. 50 E. was explored by a 50- to 60-foot-long tunnel (Hill, 1933, p. 128). This vein, which has a maximum width of only 6 inches, was said to have yielded some very rich ore. Hill (1933, p. 128) described the ore on the dump as being iron-stained, crushed quartz, some of which contained free gold. Panning tests indicated considerable arsenopyrite and free gold.

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 = There is no record of the production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A tunnel about 50 to 60- eet long was caved when visited by Hill in 1931 (Hill, 1933, p. 128).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.

  • Deposit

    Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hill, 1933

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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