Tungsten Hill Prospect

The Tungsten Hill Prospect is a gold and tungsten 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

Name: Tungsten Hill Prospect  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Tungsten

Lat, Long: 64.94944, -147.53333

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Tungsten Hill Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tungsten Hill Prospect
Secondary: Grand Duke Nikolas
Secondary: Tungsten No. 1
Secondary: General Joffre


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten


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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 27. PROSPECT ON THE SW SIDE OF TUNGSTEN GULCH, A TRIBUTARY OF FIRST CHANCE CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): FOUR SCHEELITE LODES DISCOVERED BY AUGUST, 1916. PROSPECTED BY OPEN CUTS. LITTLE WORK SINCE 1918.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE IN 4 MINERALIZED ZONES OF DECAYED SCHIST AS MUCH AS 14 FT. WIDE. A QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING A LITTLE GOLD CUTS ONE LODE.

Comment (Workings): WORK DONE IN 1916 OBLITERATED BY 1942-43.


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (D-2), LOC. 27

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 662, P. 423-424.


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