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California

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. 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 10308627
Record type Site
Current site name California

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.42996, 65.06768 (WGS84)
Relative position The California prospect is located on the divide between Bedrock Creek and Chatham Creek approximately one-quarter mile east of the Cleary Hill mine; SE1/4SW1/4 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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.42996, 65.06768
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A shaft was sunk on the California prospect on what was believed to be the extension of the Cleary Hill shear zone which was mined extensively on the adjacent Free Gold claim. The shaft was sunk 20 feet at a 60 S. dip along the shear zone and then flattened to 40 S. for an additional 40 feet (Smith, 1913; B 525). A 1- to 3-foot-wide quartz-bearing zone extends nearly to the bottom of the shaft where it is cut off by a flat-lying fault. The ore was reportedly of lower grade than other shear zones in the area; production records are not available. A second shaft was sunk to an unknown depth east of the first shaft but was not accessible in 1912 when visited by Smith (1913, B 525). Dump material at this shaft included quartz-feldspar granite which was reportedly associated with a gold-bearing shear zone in the shaft.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Production records are not available.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A shaft was sunk on the California prospect on what was believed to be the extension of the Cleary Hill shear zone which was mined extensively on the adjacent Free Gold claim. The shaft was sunk 20 feet at a 60 degree south dip along the shear zone and then flattened to 40 degrees south for an additional 40 feet (Smith, 1913; B 525). A 1- to 3-foot-wide quartz-bearing zone extends nearly to the bottom of the shaft where it is cut off by a flat-lying fault. The ore was reportedly of lower grade than other shear zones in the area; production records are not available. A second shaft was sunk to an unknown depth east of the first shaft but was not accessible in 1912 when visited by Smith (1913, B 525).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.

  • 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 = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

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