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Harris and Brown

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10002950
MRDS ID A015445
Record type Site
Current site name Harris and Brown
Alternate or previous names Sky High, Grace E#1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.38185, 65.06857 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 44; SW1/4SE1/4 sec. 20, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is on the summit of the divide between Chatham and Wolf Creeks; it is at an elevation of 2,050 feet, between the two northernmost pinnacles of schist. Accuracy is within 1,000 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-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Zinkenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.38185, 65.06857
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Mineralization consists of stibnite filling open fractures and a small proportion of sulfides (Smith, 1913; B 525). Minor amounts of jamesonite, arsenopyrite, pyrite and zinkenite(?) also were identified (Chapman and Foster, 1969). By 1912, a 60-foot-deep shaft had been sunk and 120 feet of drift had been driven at the 60-foot-level. Stoping of ore began in December, 1912. A 6- to 30-inch wide brecciated and quartz-cemented shear zone in the shaft trends N 70 E and dips 45 S (Times Publishing Company, 1912, p. 64). Assays from the development muck ranged from $28 to $130 per ton in gold (1.3 to 6.3 ounces of gold per ton) and average $30 per ton (1.4 ounces of gold per ton).? Cobb (1976, p. 80) noted that Grace E #1 is probably the same ground as Harris and Brown or Sky High. Forbes and others (1968) reported that the Grace E #1 prospect opened two small quartz veins that carry 2%-3% sulfides (including arsenopyrite and minor pyrite) and free-milling gold. An unaltered schist 9 feet into the hanging wall assayed 1.3 ppm gold.

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 workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = By 1912, a 60-foot-deep shaft had been sunk and 120 feet of drift had been driven at the 60 foot level (Times Publishing Company, 1912, p. 64). Stoping of ore began in December, 1912.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Times Publishing Company, 1912, Tanana Magazine, Quartz Edition: Fairbanks, Alaska 76 p.

  • Deposit

    Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.

  • Deposit

    Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.

  • Deposit

    Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.

  • Deposit

    Forbes, R.B., Pilkington, H.D., and Hawkins, D.B., 1968, Gold gradients and anomalies in the Pedro Dome-Cleary Summit area, Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 324, 43 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

    Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)

  • 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.

  • 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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Tanana Magazine, 1912

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

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

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