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Koegley

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 10002789
MRDS ID A015255
Record type Site
Current site name Koegley
Related records 10136371

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.06601, 64.8516 (WGS84)
Relative position The Koegley prospect is located in the SE1/4SW1/4 sec. 1, T. 1 S., R. 3 W., Fairbanks Meridian. The prospect is on the eastern slope of Moose Gulch about 0.2 mile north of its mouth. The prospect is 1.5 miles west of the town of Ester. The prospect is locality 7 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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Fairbanks N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.06601, 64.8516
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A short tunnel was driven in mineralized schist that is cut by small, gold-bearing quartz stringers (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 206]). Bedrock at the prospect is biotite schist of the Muskox sequence (Newberry and others, 1996).

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 = There is no record of any ore produced from the tunnel described by Smith (1913 [B 525, p. 206]).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A short tunnel was driven in mineralized schist that is cut by small, gold-bearing quartz stringers (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 206]).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

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 Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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