The Farmer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Farmer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Farmer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Below the hanging wall, there is 4 inches of iron-stained quartz, followed by 14 inches of crushed, bluish schist, followed by 2 feet of iron-stained fault breccia made up of fragments of schist and quartz (Hill, 1933, p. 122-123).
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = By 1914, an inclined shaft had been sunk 60 feet on the vein but the work was abandoned because the results were not encouraging (Chapin, 1914 [B 592-J, p. 352]).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Visible gold and pyrite occur in a north-trending, apparently lenticular vein in schist (Smith, 1913 [B 525 p. 198]). The schist dips 40 degrees east and is cut by many small faults. The vein is oriented N. 25 E., 52 W. and has a hanging wall of quartz-mica schist (Hill, 1933). Below the hanging wall, there is 4 inches of iron-stained quartz, followed by 14 inches of crushed, bluish schist, followed by 2 feet of iron-stained fault breccia made up of fragments of schist and quartz (Hill, 1933, p. 122-123). A sample taken across 4 feet assayed $7.06 in gold per ton (0.34 ounce of gold per ton) (Hill, 1933, p. 123). By 1914, an inclined shaft had been sunk 60 feet on the vein, but the work was abandoned because the results were not encouraging (Chapin, 1914 [B 592-J, p. 352]).
Comment (Production): Production Notes = There is no record of the amount of gold that was produced.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hill, 1933
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): 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): 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.
Reference (Deposit): Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 357-362.
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): 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: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.
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