Wandering Jew

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257487
MRDS ID A015267
MAS/MILS ID 0020580014
Record type Site
Current site name Wandering Jew
Alternate or previous names Thomas and Hess, Dorothy & Dorice, First Chance, Stibnite, Stay and Company, Prometheus, Hess, Jolly Roger, Clipper, Hess and Thomas, Mcglone and Smith, Jolly Rogers, Killarney, Krutsch and Cosgrove
Related records 10107550

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -148.00855, 64.87186 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Fairbanks N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 001 N 002 W 32 C W2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -148.00855, 64.87186

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L. Lounsbury
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO PRODUCTION FIGURES. CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION OF AU AND SB LIKELY. USGS CRIB A001182 USGS CRIB A001193 USGS CRIB A001082 USGS CRIB A001184 USGS CRIB A001153 USGS CRIB A001120

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Mirl U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.