The Voght Melba Creek Prospect is a gold, tungsten, and bismuth mine located in Alaska.
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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
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten, Bismuth
Lat, Long: 64.99444, -147.35000
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Voght Melba Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Voght Melba Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Bismuth
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bismuth
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bismuthinite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CAVED. RUINS OF A SMALL MILL FOUND IN 1949.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINS SEPERATED BY 3 FT. OF SHATTERED GRANITE
Comment (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 33. DEPOSIT ON THE SPUR BETWEEN MELBA AND MONTE CRISTO CREEKS ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF GILMORE DOME. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTED OF AN 18 FT. DEEP SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD, SCHEELITE, BISMUTH, AND SOME TELLURIUM MINERAL IN TWO QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING BIOTITE GRANITE. GOLD-BISMUTH MINERALS ARE INTERGROWN AND DO NOT OCCUR IN THE SAME PART OF THE VEIN AS SCHEELITE. TELLURIUM DETERMINED CHEMICALLY, MINERAL ASSOCIATION NOT DETERMINED. VISIBLE GOLD SAID TO BE PLENTIFUL IN INTERGROWN BISMUTH IN QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 662, P. 412.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 592, P. 325, 330-31.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (D-1), LOC. 33
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