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White

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308847
MRDS ID A015309
Record type Site
Current site name White
Related records 10002834, 10160405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.31394, 64.98968 (WGS84)
Relative position The White prospect is located in the NE1/4 sec. 22, T. 2 N., R. 2 E., Fairbanks Meridian. The White prospect is about 1.6 miles northeast of the top of Gilmore Dome, just downstream from the junction of Yellow Pup and Pearl Creeks. The prospect is locality 36 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).

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-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.31394, 64.98968
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A lode prospect was found on placer claims on Pearl Creek that contained an ore shoot of scheelite-bearing material in hornblende and mica schist. These scheelite ore shoots were parallel to schistosity that had a strike of N. 75 E. and a dip of 75 N (Mertie, 1917). The rocks in the area has been mapped as Fairbanks Schist that consists of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996).

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 = Prior to 1918, one or more shafts were dug during lode prospecting on placer claims (Mertie, 1917, p. 421).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mertie, 1917

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = W skarn deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 14a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 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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