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Fairview Mountain Area

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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000532
MRDS ID A010729
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Mountain Area
Alternate or previous names Includes: Twin, Mills, Pass, Lake and Big Boulder Creeks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.58612, 62.35785 (WGS84)
Relative position 19 MILES NE OF SUNSET (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talkeetna B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Talkeetna SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Talkeetna C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yentna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 36 SQ MI.; INCLUDES STREAMS DRAINING FAIRVIEW MOUNTAIN, WITH AREA OF INTEREST GENERALLY NE & SE OF GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS USUALLY BRIGHT, FLATENED AND WORN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.58612, 62.35785
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Auriferous Gravels

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: TERTIARY SANDSTONE & CONGLOMERATE, METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; REG.COM: FAIRVIEW MOUNTAIN, AS MOST STREAMS DRAIN ITS FLANKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yentna District

Comments on the production information

  • THE AMOUNT OF GOLD MINED MUST HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLE, RIVALLING THAT OF CACHE CREEK AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1374, P. 22

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 68

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP-MF-870-A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH PRODUCTION FROM PASS CREEK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Garrison, Michael T. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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