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Tungsten Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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 10002823
MRDS ID A015295
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Hill Prospect
Alternate or previous names Grand Duke Nikolas, Tungsten No. 1, General Joffre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.53628, 64.94911 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 9.5 MILES NE OF FAIRBANKS

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

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-410, LOC. 27. PROSPECT ON THE SW SIDE OF TUNGSTEN GULCH, A TRIBUTARY OF FIRST CHANCE CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.53628, 64.94911
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • WORK DONE IN 1916 OBLITERATED BY 1942-43.

Comments on development

  • FOUR SCHEELITE LODES DISCOVERED BY AUGUST, 1916. PROSPECTED BY OPEN CUTS. LITTLE WORK SINCE 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE IN 4 MINERALIZED ZONES OF DECAYED SCHIST AS MUCH AS 14 FT. WIDE. A QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING A LITTLE GOLD CUTS ONE LODE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

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