Cleary Hill Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100941
MRDS ID A010678
Record type Site
Current site name Cleary Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Cleary, Free Gold

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.43629, 65.06635 (WGS84)

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

Comments on the location information

  • ON PEDRO DOME LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Oxidation Products At All Working Levels

Analytical data

Result FINENESS 0.818 AU & 0.169 AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.43629, 65.06635

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intricate System Of Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N75W
    Dip 60 S
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Fairbanks District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • SUBSTANTIAL POST 1931 PRODUCTION, BUT FIGURES NOT REPORTED. POST 1931 PRODUCTION IS NOT KNOWN, BUT MUST BE SUBSTANTIAL

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX OR MORE WORKING LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 76-819, P. 38-40

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1024-I, P. 206, 208-209

  • Deposit

    USGS B 849-B, P. 69-71, 75, 84, 93-96

  • Production

    USGS B. 849-B USGS OFR 76-819

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN TRACED ON SURFACE FOR MORE THAN 1000 FT. VEINS ARE CRUSHED, CROSS FOLIATION OF COUNTRYROCK AND ARE FAULTED. MAJOR LODE-GOLD MINE IN DISTRICT.
Deposit RECENT (& CURRENT ?) EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY ON VETTER PROPERTY, NEAR WOLF CREEK, ABOUT 1 TO 1 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF CLEARY HILL MINE. VETTER LODE IS ALSO GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEIN IN SCHIST. SOME GOLD HAS BEEN PRODUCED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.