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Tolovana Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Silver, Tungsten
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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 10002937
MRDS ID A015430
Record type Site
Current site name Tolovana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.45296, 65.06301 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 25 MILES BY ROAD 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

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)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-413, LOC. 38. MINE ABOUT 25 FT. ABOVE WILLOW CREEK AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,300 FT., A LITTLE MORE THAN ONE-EIGHTH OF A MILE UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF WILLOW AND CLEARY CREEKS. 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
Antimony Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ STRINGERS 1 TO 3 IN. WIDE, SEPERATED BY A CONSIDERABLE THICKNESS OF SCHIST. QUARTZ IS FROZEN TO WALL ROCK SO FIRMLY THAT BLASTING DOES NOT SEPERATE THEM. QUARTZ CUT SCHIST IS HARD TO CRUSH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1931

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • 900 FT. OF WORKINGS STILL ACCESSIBLE IN 1949.

Comments on development

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY EXTENSIVE WORKINGS. INTERMITTANT MINING REPORTED FROM 1910 TO 1931. MILL ON PROPERTY. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 13 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD, STIBNITE, ARSENOPYRITE, SCHEELITE, AND PYRITE BEARING LODE IN STRINGERS OR VEINLETS OF QUARTZ CUTTING SILICIFIED SCHIST. IN MANY PLACES COUNTRY ROCK CLOSE TO VEIN IS HEAVILY IMPREGNATED WITH SULFIDES, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE WALL ROCK IS SOMEWHAT CALCAREOUS. FREE GOLD VISIBLE IN BOTH QUARTZ AND STIBNITE. SOME OF STIBNITE IS BLADED, SOME IS MASSIVE, AND SOME IS DISSEMINATED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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