The Fairview Mountain Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Fairview Mountain Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairview Mountain Area
Secondary: Includes: Twin
Secondary: Mills
Secondary: Pass
Secondary: Lake and Big Boulder Creeks
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Yentna District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: TERTIARY SANDSTONE & CONGLOMERATE, METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; REG.COM: FAIRVIEW MOUNTAIN, AS MOST STREAMS DRAIN ITS FLANKS
Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 36 SQ MI.; INCLUDES STREAMS DRAINING FAIRVIEW MOUNTAIN, WITH AREA OF INTEREST GENERALLY NE & SE OF GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS USUALLY BRIGHT, FLATENED AND WORN
Comment (Production): THE AMOUNT OF GOLD MINED MUST HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLE, RIVALLING THAT OF CACHE CREEK AREA
Comment (Deposit): MUCH PRODUCTION FROM PASS CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1374, P. 22
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 68
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP-MF-870-A
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