Ixl

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307733
Record type	Site
Current site name	Ixl

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-147.41596, 65.06968 (WGS84)
Relative position	The IXL prospect is located 500 feet downstream from the Blue Moon Mazeppa prospect (ARDF no. LG128) on north side of Chatham Creek; SE1/4 sec. 19, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian.

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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-147.41596, 65.06968	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = The claim was being explored by Fred C. Robinson in 1938 and 25 tons of high grade material was hand cobbed from the dumps. This ore averaged $22 per ton in gold (0.63 ounces of gold per ton) (Reed, 1939).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

Production Notes = Twenty five tons of material averaging 0.63 ounces of gold per ton was hand cobbled from the dumps (Reed, 1939).

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = The IXL prospect was originally discovered prior to 1912 and was known as the Union claim. The IXL prospect eventually came under the ownership of Nels Giske, Paul Ringseth, Willie Larson and Louis Grimsmoe who staked the North Star Group which included the North Star, Union, Bill Taft and Grimsmoe claims (Times Publishing Company, 1912). The claim was being explored by Fred C. Robinson in 1938 and 25 tons of high grade material was hand cobbled from the dumps. This ore averaged $22 per ton in gold (0.63 ounces of gold per ton) (Reed, 1939).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	LG126

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Reed, I.M., 1939, Report on lode mining and development in the year 1938 in the Fairbanks mining district, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Internal Report 26 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.)

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Reed, 1939

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Gold-quartz vein.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	04-MAY-99	C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer	Avalon Development Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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