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Woods

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Antimony
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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 10002920
MRDS ID A015411
Record type Site
Current site name Woods
Alternate or previous names Alpha, Omega

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.58407, 65.03578 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 16; NE1/4NE1/4 sec. 5, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is near Davidson Ditch, about 1 mile east of Dome Camp. Accuracy is within 3,000 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Some clay gouge and iron- and manganese-staining is present (Spencer and O'Neill, 1934; Chapman and Foster, 1969).

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The prospect consists of quartz veins that pinch and swell. In part, they are massive and contain some gold, but mainly they are shattered and sugary with some visible flakes of gold. Some clay gouge and iron- and manganese-staining is present (Spencer and O'Neill, 1934; Chapman and Foster, 1969). The veins dip north and strike N 60-80 W and N 45-77 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.

  • Deposit

    Spencer, W.W. and O'Neill, W.A., 1934, A survey of gold quartz veins on the north flank of Pedro Dome: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Bachelor of Science thesis, 52 p.

  • Deposit

    Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Chapman and Foster, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold-quartz vein.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

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