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Steese Highway

Occurrence 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 10003007
MRDS ID A015520
Record type Site
Current site name Steese Highway
Alternate or previous names Mile 17.5

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.48406, 65.01967 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is adjacent to mile marker 17.5 of the Steese Highway near the junction of Pedro and Twin Creeks; NW1/4NE1/4 sec. 11, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.48406, 65.01967
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The following is an excerpt from Forbes and others (1968):? 'A small pluton of quartz diorite is exposed in road cuts along the Steese Highway south of Granite Creek. The south border of the quartz diorite mass is strongly sheared, altered and iron-stained. Vein quartz, 0.5 feet thick, occurs in the gouge zone which trends N 87 W and dips steeply to the south. Gold values up to 2.70 ppm occur in the altered quartz diorite adjacent to the quartz vein, but decrease progressively away from the vein.'

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface samples taken.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Forbes and others, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold in altered quartz diorite adjacent to a 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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