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Moonlight

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. 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 10002903
MRDS ID A015392
Record type Site
Current site name Moonlight

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.45601, 65.03078 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 33; SW1/4NW1/4 sec. 1, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The prospect is on the hillside southeast of Twin Creek, across the creek from the Rainbow Mine and a short distance above the mouth of Skoogy Gulch. The Moonlight shaft is at an approximate elevation of 1,900 feet, about 7 miles by road northeast of Fox along the Steese Highway. Accuracy is within 1,000 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.45601, 65.03078
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Moonlight prospect is a vein of crushed quartz and schist, less than one foot wide, in a fracture zone in quartzite schist and granite. The vein is said to carry considerable gold and large amounts of unspecified sulfides (Smith, 1913; B 525, p. 201). The vein was traced by prospect pits for 2500 feet. It strikes N 70 W and dips steeply NE (Chapin, 1914, p. 349). Grab samples of ore on dump contained 0.16 ounces per ton in gold (Hill, 1933, p. 114). There were about 170 feet of underground workings by 1914 (Chapin, 1914).

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 production information

  • Production Notes = No record of production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = There were about 170 feet of underground workings by 1914 (Chapin, 1914, p. 349). The vein was traced by prospect pits for 2500 feet (Chapin, 1914, p. 349). By 1931, the three tunnels and connecting raises were in bad condition (Hill, 1933).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1913

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold-quartz vein.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

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