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Farmer

Prospect 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 10307435
Record type Site
Current site name Farmer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.05995, 64.87866 (WGS84)
Relative position The Farmer prospect is about 800 feet west-southwest of the bench mark on top of Ester Dome. It is along the ridge that trends southwest from the top of Ester Dome, in the SE1/4 sec. 25, T. 1 N., R. 3 W., 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

Fairbanks D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Fairbanks N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks C(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

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = In 1913, the vein was exposed in an inclined shaft about 15 feet deep (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 198]). The Farmer vein is lens shaped, trends north-south, and dips about 40 E. The vein contains visible gold, cuts schist, and is in turn cut by numerous small faults. Pyrite is the most common sulfide, but it is not abundant. The bedrock at the top of Ester Dome is bleached, feldspathic, quartzose schist (Newberry and others, 1996).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1913, a vein was exposed in an inclined shaft about 15 feet deep (Smith, 1913 [B 525, p. 198]).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-01 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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

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