The Cottonblossom is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Cottonblossom MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cottonblossom
Secondary: St. Jude
Secondary: Olsen
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
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
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Chapin (1914 [B 592-J, p. 321-355]) reported 100 feet of tunnel and crosscuts. Hill (1933) reported that by 1931 the mineralized zone was explored by two shafts oriented N. 35 W.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A mineralized zone near a fault plane contains auriferous quartz veins and pods of stibnite (Smith, 1913 [B 525]). (Chapin, 1914 [B 592-J, p. 321-355]) reported 100 feet of tunnel and crosscuts. The mineralized zone was explored by two shafts that trend N. 35 W.; dump materials consist of dark mica schist and very little quartz (Hill, 1933).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-662)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.
Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1916, Antimony deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 649, 67 p.
Reference (Deposit): Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.
Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.
Reference (Deposit): Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.
Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.
Reference (Deposit): Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.
Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.
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