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Gale

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. Alteration
  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 10002876
MRDS ID A015362
Record type Site
Current site name Gale

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.06101, 64.84966 (WGS84)
Relative position The Gale prospect is located in the SW1/4SE1/4 sec. 1, T. 1 S., R. 3 W., Fairbanks Meridian, on a south-facing slope just north of the Ester Creek tailings. It is about 0.3 mile east of Moose Gulch at an elevation of about 860 feet and about 1.4 miles west of the town of Ester.

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz is iron-stained and the schist is weathered (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 206]).

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.06101, 64.84966
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A prospect pit was sunk 20 feet on iron-stained quartz and brown-weathered schist that reportedly carried some gold (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 206]). The quartz appeared to be in small stringers in the schist, but large pieces of the quartz were seen on the dump.

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 workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A prospect pit was sunk 20 feet deep on iron-stained quartz and brown-weathered schist that reportedly carried some gold (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 206]).

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

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