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Voght Melba Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Bismuth
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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 10002831
MRDS ID A015305
Record type Site
Current site name Voght Melba Creek Prospect
Related records 10234077

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.35295, 64.99412 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 15 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-1(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. 33. DEPOSIT ON THE SPUR BETWEEN MELBA AND MONTE CRISTO CREEKS ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF GILMORE DOME. 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
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.35295, 64.99412
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINS SEPERATED BY 3 FT. OF SHATTERED GRANITE

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

  • WORKINGS CAVED. RUINS OF A SMALL MILL FOUND IN 1949.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTED OF AN 18 FT. DEEP SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD, SCHEELITE, BISMUTH, AND SOME TELLURIUM MINERAL IN TWO QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING BIOTITE GRANITE. GOLD-BISMUTH MINERALS ARE INTERGROWN AND DO NOT OCCUR IN THE SAME PART OF THE VEIN AS SCHEELITE. TELLURIUM DETERMINED CHEMICALLY, MINERAL ASSOCIATION NOT DETERMINED. VISIBLE GOLD SAID TO BE PLENTIFUL IN INTERGROWN BISMUTH IN QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

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