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Sunrise #1

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony
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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 10002940
MRDS ID A015434
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.42796, 65.07274 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 40; NE1/4SW1/4 sec. 19, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The Sunrise prospect is at the confluence of Cleary Creek and Chatham Creek.

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
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Cavities in quartz are filled with limonite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.42796, 65.07274
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = By 1913, a short adit had been driven to explore an east-west trending shear zone that dips 25 S. (Chapin, 1914). A short drift was driven on the shear about 25 feet from the portal. The quartz-rich portion of the shear is 1 foot thick and contains iron-oxide-stained ribbon quartz in brecciated schist and clay gouge. No sulfides were seen in the shear zone underground however, quartz on the dumps is stained by antimony oxides. The total length of the adit is unknown because flooding made it inaccessible 30 feet from the portal (Chapin, 1914).? the prospect was examined in 1942 as a possible source of antimony but was not developed due to insufficient grade and thickness of antimony mineralization (Killeen and Mertie, 1951).

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 = By 1913, a short adit had been driven to explore an east-west trending, shear zone that dips 25 S. (Chapin, 1914). A short drift was driven on the shear about 25 feet from the portal. The total length of the adit is unknown because flooding made it inaccessible 30 feet from the portal.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.

  • Deposit

    Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.

  • 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

    Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)

  • Deposit

    Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Chapin, 1914

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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