Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Wandering Jew

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Patches of vein quartz are stained with iron and arsenic oxides.

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hill, 1933

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A vertical shaft 50 feet deep was still accessible when visited by Hill in 1931 (Hill, 1933, p. 147). At the 30-foot level, a drift was driven south for 50 feet to a fault that strikes east and dips 37 N. In the north drift on the 30-foot level, a fault that strikes N. 30 W. and dips 35-40 NE cuts off the vein about 25 feet north of the shaft. All the ore up to the fault had been mined out. The vein was also explored on the surface by pits for about 400 feet south of the shaft (Hill, 1933, p. 147).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Wandering Jew mine lies within a unit of the Fairbanks Schist that consists of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996). Gold ore was mined from a 4- to 18-inch- wide, sulfide-bearing, white quartz vein (Hill, 1933, p. 147). This vein strikes north and dips 75-80 E. The vein is not as crushed as others in the area, but it does contain iron- and arsenic-oxide staining. A vertical shaft 50 feet deep was still accessible when visited by Hill in 1931 (Hill, 1933, p. 147). In 1930-31, 75 tons of ore, worth $21 in gold per ton (about 0.97 ounce of gold per ton), and 45 tons of ore, worth $10 in gold per ton (about 0.48 ounce of gold per ton), was recovered above a depth of 50 feet in a stope about 50 feet long. A sample taken at the 30-foot level of the workings assayed $25.35 in gold per ton (1.23 ounces of gold per ton). Glover (1950) reported the gold was 762 fine.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = In 1930 and 1931, 75 tons of ore, worth $21 in gold per ton (0.97 ounce of gold per ton), and 45 tons of ore, worth $10 in gold per ton (0.48 ounce of gold per ton), was mined from the Wandering Jew mine (Hill, 1933, p. 147). No other production records are available.

References

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): Newberry, R.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Clautice, K.C., Combellick, R.A., Douglas, T., Laird, G.M., Liss, S.A., Pinney, D.S., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and Solie, D.N., 1996, Preliminary geologic map of the Fairbanks mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 96-16, 17 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

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): Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.

Reference (Deposit): Glover, A.E., 1950, Placer gold fineness: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 195-1, 38 p.

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.

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