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Blossom Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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 10002821
MRDS ID A015293
Record type Site
Current site name Blossom Prospect
Alternate or previous names Black Bear

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.53628, 64.9455 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 9 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 AT THE EXTREME HEAD OF ENGINEER CREEK, ON RIDGE BETWEEN STEELE AND FIRST CHANCE CREEKS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). 1:250000 QUADRANGLE IS A 1956 VERSION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.53628, 64.9455
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK INTRUDED BY A PORPHYRITIC GRANITE DIKE. DIKE VISIBLE IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT. ANOTHER SHAFT 20 FT. DEEP OPENED A SCHEELITE LODE 3-4 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ALL CAVED BY 1942.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED BY 2 SHAFTS AND 23 TRENCHES AND PITS. CLAIMS LOCATED BY 1916.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE IN QUARTZ-SCHEELITE STRINGERS AND IN THIN ZONES IN SCHIST IN CONTACT WITH THE QUARTZ STRINGERS. NO TACTITE DEVELOPED. DEPOSIT ALONG WESTERN PERIPHERY OF A LARGE MASS OF PORPHYRITIC GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

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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