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Anderson Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. 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 10002820
MRDS ID A015292
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Prospect
Related records 10185785

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.53073, 64.94967 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 9.5 MILES NE OF FAIRBANKS

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

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-410, LOC. 27. DEPOSIT ON HILL AT HEAD OF ENGINEER CREEK, ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF TUNGSTEN HILL. DEPOSIT NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREA. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.53073, 64.94967
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOLIATION OF MICA SCHIST COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES N 60 E AND DIPS 20 W. QUARTZ VEIN THOUGHT TO BE FORMED FIRST, THEN SCHEELITE-BEARING SOLUTIONS PERCOLATED UPWARD ALONG THE WALLS OF VEIN AND DEPOSITED SCHEELITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN CUTS ACCROSS FOLIATION OF MICA SCHIST. SCHEELITE ALONG OUTER EDGE OF VEIN, BUT NOT WITHIN THE QUARTZ OR IN THE SCHIST.
Deposit WHITE (1952) REPORTS "SHEARED QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITIC ROCK; GOLD AND SEVERAL OTHER OF THE COMMON SULFIDES". (SEE REF. 3) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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