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Mohawk

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308827
MRDS ID A015277
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk
Alternate or previous names Bondholder, Bondholder Extension, Peg Leg, Yellow Jacket, Mohawk #2, Mohawk #3, Liberty, Spite Fraction
Related records 10101017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.98795, 64.87266 (WGS84)
Relative position The Mohawk mine is located in the NE1/4 sec. 32, T. 1 N., R. 2 W., Fairbanks Meridian. The Mohawk mine is near the head of Saint Patrick Creek. The mine and mill are along Saint Patrick road about 0.8 mile by road north of the junction of Saint Patrick Road and Henderson Road. Workings extend from an elevation of about 900 feet to 1,250 feet. The mine is included in locality 17 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).

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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • The Bondholder vein contains iron- and arsenic-stained quartz (Hill, 1933).

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.98795, 64.87266
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Mohawk mine consists of a group of claims including the Bondholder (FB038), Bondholder Extension, Peg Leg, Yellow Jacket, Mohawk, Mohawk No. 2, Mohawk No. 3, and Liberty and Spite Fraction. By 1931, the property reportedly produced more than $200,000 in gold (about 9,676 ounces of gold), most from the Mohawk vein, in the southern part of the group of claims (Hill, 1933, p. 143). Free gold, arsenopyrite, stibnite, galena, and sphalerite occur in quartz veins with schist inclusions. The gold varies from 766 to 818 fine (Glover, 1950). The main workings are on the Mohawk vein, which generally strikes N. 30 E. and dips 40-70 east-southeast (Hill, 1933, p. 143). In 1931, the underground workings included more than 2,900 feet of drift and 1,800 feet of raises and winzes that developed the vein over a total length of 1,300 feet to a vertical depth of 232 feet (Hill, 1933, p. 143). The ore averaged more than $20 in gold per ton (0.97 ounce of gold per ton). The Bondholder vein is at the north end of the Mohawk group of claims. It was opened by at least two shafts and several pits (Hill, 1933, p. 146). About 200 feet north of these shafts, an opening exposed a 4.5-foot-wide vein that trends N. 24 E., 45 NW in mica-quartz schist. The vein contains iron- and arsenic-stained quartz, a sample of which assayed $10.29 in gold per ton (about 0.5 ounce of gold per ton) (Hill, 1933, p. 146). In another 142-foot shaft, the vein averages 6 feet in width. By 1931, five hundred tons of ore were mined from the Bondholder vein. This group of claims was mined intermittently from 1914 to 1940 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 98-99]).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = This group of claims was mined intermittently from 1914 to 1940 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 98-99]). By 1931, five hundred tons of ore were mined from the Bondholder vein. The main workings were on the Mohawk vein but the amount of gold that was produced was not reported (Hill, 1933, p. 146).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The Mohawk mine consists of a group of claims including the Bondholder (FB038), Bondholder Extension, Peg Leg, Yellow Jacket, Mohawk, Mohawk No. 2, Mohawk No. 3, and Liberty and Spite Fraction. The main workings are on the Mohawk vein, and in 1931, the underground workings included more than 2,900 feet of drifts and 1,800 feet of raises and winzes that developed the vein over a total length of 1,300 feet to a vertical depth of 232 feet (Hill, 1933, p. 143). The Bondholder vein is at the north end of the Mohawk group of claims. It was opened by at least two shafts and several pits (Hill, 1933, p. 146).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hill, 1933

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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