Fairview Mountain Area

The Fairview Mountain Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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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