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Fox Bar

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160707
MAS/MILS ID 0020440141
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Bar
Alternate or previous names Edna Bill, Fox Bar Bend, High Bank, Edith Bill, Kougar River 19-26, Horseshoe Bench, Fox Bar Fraction, Fox Bar Flat, Fox Bar Dredging Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -164.64087, 65.40542 (WGS84)
Elevation 55
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 001 S 029 W 16 SWNENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -164.64087, 65.40542
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. TIL 1965; 69,752 080 AO, 7,049 OZ AG (USBM FILES). BEDROCK IS COMPLEXLY FAULTED PRE-ORD. METASEDIMENTARY AND MAFIC VOLCANIC OR INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND YOUNGER PALEOZOIC CARBONATES. QTZ VEINS THAT CARRY PYRITE AND/OR COPPER SULFIDES ARE COMMON. PLACER CONCENTRATES CONTAIN MAGNETITE, PYRITE, GALENA, SILVER RICH SULFIDE, CASSITERITE, AND GOLD CEMENTED FRACTURED VEINLETS OR FINE GRAINED SIO2 & PYRITE. ADDITIONAL NAMES; FOX BAR 2, FOX BAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1985 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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