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Vita

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308030
Record type Site
Current site name Vita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.42766, 62.99994 (WGS84)
Relative position The Vita occurrence is located approximately 1 1/2 miles southwest of the head of California Creek, in the center of the southern half of sec. 5, T. 29 S., R. 13 E. The location is accurate within 1000 feet. This occurrence is on Doyon, Ltd. conveyed lands.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.42766, 62.99994
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The bedrock in the vicinity of the Vita occurrence consists of a thin feldspathic dike that intrudes Cretaceous sedimentary rocks. A rock sample collected in 1989 contained 250 ppb gold (Central Alaska Gold Company, unpublished company report, 1990, held by Doyon, Ltd.). Sixteen soil samples collected in 1990 assayed between 120 to 1070 ppb gold. The gold values appear to be confined to the margins of the thin dike.
  • Age = the age of mineralization is inferred to be Late Cretaceous or Early Tertiary, based on K-Ar and Ar/Ar dating of other granitic bodies in the southern portion of the Ophir quadrangle (Bundtzen and Miller, 1997).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Mining district

District name Innoko

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A rock sample collected in 1989 contained 250 ppb gold (Central Alaska Gold Company, unpublished company report, 1990, held by Doyon, Ltd.). Sixteen soil samples collected in 1990 assayed between 120 to 1070 ppb gold.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Bundtzen, T.K., and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Economic Geology Monograph #9, Mineral Deposits of Alaska, p. 242-286.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This report

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Plutonic-related Au
Deposit Other Comments = For more information, contact Doyon, Ltd. in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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