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Farmer

Past Producer 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. 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 10002832
MRDS ID A015306
Record type Site
Current site name Farmer
Related records 10208876

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.05406, 64.87577 (WGS84)
Relative position The Farmer mine is located in the NE1/4NE1/4 sec. 36, T. 1 N., R. 3 W., Fairbanks Meridian. The workings are at an elevation of about 1,900 feet near the head of the west fork of Ready Bullion Creek. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Below the hanging wall, there is 4 inches of iron-stained quartz, followed by 14 inches of crushed, bluish schist, followed by 2 feet of iron-stained fault breccia made up of fragments of schist and quartz (Hill, 1933, p. 122-123).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.05406, 64.87577
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Visible gold and pyrite occur in a north-trending, apparently lenticular vein in schist (Smith, 1913 [B 525 p. 198]). The schist dips 40 degrees east and is cut by many small faults. The vein is oriented N. 25 E., 52 W. and has a hanging wall of quartz-mica schist (Hill, 1933). Below the hanging wall, there is 4 inches of iron-stained quartz, followed by 14 inches of crushed, bluish schist, followed by 2 feet of iron-stained fault breccia made up of fragments of schist and quartz (Hill, 1933, p. 122-123). A sample taken across 4 feet assayed $7.06 in gold per ton (0.34 ounce of gold per ton) (Hill, 1933, p. 123). By 1914, an inclined shaft had been sunk 60 feet on the vein, but the work was abandoned because the results were not encouraging (Chapin, 1914 [B 592-J, p. 352]).

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 amount of gold that was produced.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = By 1914, an inclined shaft had been sunk 60 feet on the vein but the work was abandoned because the results were not encouraging (Chapin, 1914 [B 592-J, p. 352]).

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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