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Roughneck

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307738
Record type Site
Current site name Roughneck

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.34695, 65.05168 (WGS84)
Relative position The location given is on a drill hole that encountered a 25-foot interval of weak gold mineralization (Freeman and others, 1998). The prospect is above the Bellows Creek prospect (ARDF no. LG148), approximately 2.6 miles east of Cleary Summit.

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.34695, 65.05168
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A single hole, 505 feet long, was drilled at the Roughneck prospect in 1998 (Freeman and others, 1998). It intersected a 25-foot interval of weak gold mineralization that averaged about 310 ppb.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Faribanks

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A single hole, 505 feet deep, was drilled at the Roughneck prospect in 1998 (Freeman and others, 1998).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Freeman, C.J., Flanigan, B., Currey, J., Wolf, K., and Wietchy D.W., 1998, 1997 and 1998 Final report, Golden Summit project, Fairbanks mining district, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp. Geologic Report GS98-1, 37 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Freeman and others, 1998

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Disseminated sulfides and gold in a carbonate layer in schist, near an intrusion.

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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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