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Gil

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307749
Record type Site
Current site name Gil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.10594, 65.02468 (WGS84)
Relative position The Gil prospect is located on the ridge approximtely 1 mile southeast of the confluence of Fairbanks Creek and Fish Creek.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.10594, 65.02468
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Drilling on the Gil East prospect in the 1990's intercepted up to 160 feet of 0.09 ounces of gold per ton. The indicated and inferred resource at the Gil prospects is 10.7 million tons that contains 0.042 ounces of gold per ton (Szumigala and Swainbank, 1999, p. 9).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = the indicated and inferred resource at the Gil prospect is 10.7 million tons that contains 0.042 ounces of gold per ton (Szumigala and Swainbank, 1999, p. 9).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Drilling and soil sampling.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Szumigala, D.J., and Swainbank, R.C., 1999, Alaska's mineral industry 1998: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report SR 53, 71 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Szumigala, 1999

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold skarn; carbonate replacement.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-99 C.J. Freeman, 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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