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Stay

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 10002812
MRDS ID A015283
Record type Site
Current site name Stay
Alternate or previous names Little Eva, Eva No. 2, Curlew No. 1, Comet No 2, Rose, Comet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.99684, 64.85466 (WGS84)
Relative position The Stay mine is located in the SE1/4 sec. 5, T. 1 S., R. 2 W., Fairbanks Meridian. In 1933, the Stay property consisted of six claims covering 115 acres; these were the Little Eva, Eva No. 2, Curlew No. 1, Curlew No. 2, Rose, and Comet. The property is on the ridge east of Eva Creek, about 0.5 mile above its mouth and about 0.7 mile northeast of the town of Ester. The mine is included in locality 19 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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(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

Alteration

  • (Local) The porphyry dikes are altered and iron stained.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.99684, 64.85466
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Stay property is in schist, slate, phyllite, tuff, and quartzite that is cut by Cretaceous quartz porphyry dikes that are exposed along the ridge east of Eva Creek(Newberry and others, 1996). Gold-quartz veins are found within the schist. Hill (1933, p. 129-133) visited the Stay property in 1931, and the following is a summary of his observations. During 1930 and 1931, about 700 tons of ore were produced from an adit and the Stay shafts that yielded $16,000 in gold (about 774 ounces). Most of this ore had an average grade of a little more than an ounce of gold per ton. Several shafts on the Little Eva and Eva No. 2 claims carried as much as $60 to $70 per ton in gold (about 2.9 to 3.4 ounces of gold per ton). Most of the development work was in the Little Eva adit near the mouth of Eva Creek. By 1931, this adit was 570 feet long. The adit followed a badly faulted, 6- to 8-inch-wide, vertical vein striking N. 27 W. The vein was continually offset to the west by a series of faults that had a strike of N. 10-51 E. and a 30 to 70 degrees, north to northwest dip. Below the tunnel, the vein was developed by several winzes; the vein exposed in them was 8 to 11inches wide. In some places the schist wall rock east of the main vein was cut by numerous stringers of quartz that followed the nearly horizontal planes of schistosity. The schist contained from 23 cents to as much as $1 in gold per ton (about 0.01 to 0.05 ounce of gold per ton). Considerable work was also done near the northwest corner of the Little Eva claim and the northwestern part of the Eva No. 2 claim. Several shafts from 12 to 60 feet deep were scattered over an area of about 200 square feet. The Eva No. 2 shaft was 60 feet deep and had about 40 feet of drifting at the 40-foot level. The shaft was sunk on a short segment of the vein between two parallel faults. The vein was from 4 to 6 inches wide and trended N. 50 W.; it was high grade, and the schist on both sides was mineralized. Samples of gold are 778, 811, and 831 fine (Glover, 1950).

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 = During 1930 and 1931, about 700 tons of ore were produced from the adit and two shafts; the ore contained about $16,000 in gold (about 774 ounces) (Hill, 1933, p. 129).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1931, the Stay property consisted of six claims that had been explored by several adits and shallow shafts (Hill, 1933, p. 129-133). Most of the development work was done in the Little Eva adit near the mouth of Eva Creek. By 1931, this adit was 570 feet long. Below the adit, the vein was developed by several winzes. Considerable work had also been done near the northwest corner of the Little Eva claim and the northwestern part of the Eva No. 2 claim; several shafts from 12 to 60 feet deep were scattered over an area of about 200 square feet. The Eva No. 2 shaft was 60 feet deep and had about 40 feet of drift at the 40-foot level.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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