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Tyndall and Finn

Prospect 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 10002794
MRDS ID A015260
Record type Site
Current site name Tyndall and Finn
Related records 10185956

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.03101, 64.85272 (WGS84)
Relative position The Tyndall and Finn prospect is located in the SE1/4SW1/4 sec. 6, T. 1 S., R. 2 W., Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is east of Ready Bullion Creek at an elevation of about 800 feet; it is approximately 0.5 mile northwest of the town of Ester. The prospect is included in locality 11 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) -148.03101, 64.85272
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Prior to WW I, several lode claims were explored by many openings, including a 60-foot adit and a 50-foot adit (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 208]). A small, well-defined quartz vein was exposed in one adit, where all the gold appeared to be contained within the vein. The bedrock at this prospect is Fairbanks Schist, which is composed of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996).

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 production information

  • Production Notes = No record of production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Several lode claims were explored by many openings, including a 60-foot adit and a 50-foot adit (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 208]).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

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

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