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Griffin

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Chromium, Nickel
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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 10002909
MRDS ID A015399
Record type Site
Current site name Griffin
Related records 10160636

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.5361, 65.50773 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 3; NW1/4 sec. 23, T. 8 N., R. 5 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The Griffin prospect is between 1/4 and 1/2 mile northwest of Money Knob; it is about 1 mile south of Livengood, near the trail marked on the southeast corner of the Livengood (C-4) quadrangle. Accuracy is within 1,000 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Deposit stained green by weathering of disseminated sulfides.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.5361, 65.50773
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This prospect consists of a massive, sulfide-bearing, green-stained silica-carbonate-talc rock veined by quartz ; samples contain as much as 3.9 ppm Au, 1,000 ppm Ni, and 1,000 ppm Cr (Foster, 1968, p. 2, 10-11). A fire assay of one sample showed 5.6 ppm Au (Foster, 1968, p. 10-11). The nature of the contact between pyritiferous metasedimentary country rock and silica-carbonate-talc rock is not known (Foster, 1968, p. 2).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Tolovana

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1955, the workings on the property included a shaft filled with water, an adit and several pits and trenches (Saunders, 1955).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Saunders, R.H., 1955, Report on the Griffen nickel prospect, Livengood quadrangle: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 49-13, 3 p.

  • Deposit

    Foster, R.L. and Chapman, R.M., 1967, Locations and descriptions of lode prospects in the Livengood area, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 275, 5 p.

  • Deposit

    Foster, R.L., 1968, Descriptions of the Ruth Creek, Lillian Creek, Griffin, Old Smoky, Sunshine No. 2, and Olive Creek lode prospects, Livengood District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 68-104, 21 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Foster, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Quartz veins associated with silica-carbonate-talc rock.

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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