Whitman & Murray

The Whitman & Murray is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Whitman & Murray

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Two shafts were driven 40 to 50 feet deep, that connected to 400 feet of drifts and crosscuts (Brooks, 1911, p. 35).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-633)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Ore was milled from two shafts, 40 to 50 feet deep, that connected to 400 feet of drifts and crosscuts (Brooks, 1911, p. 35). This may be the same site as the Rainbow mine (ARDF no. LG084) where gold is found in a nearly vertical quartz vein that strikes east-west. The vein contains pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite (Smith, 1913; B 525). The vein has been described as varying from 18 inches wide to 3 feet wide (Brooks, 1912; Chapin, 1914); it cuts schist, quartzite and granite (Chapin, 1914).

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Considerable ore was milled in 1910 (Brooks, 1911, p. 35).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This is the only reference to this property by this name; it may have been known by another name in later years.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold-quartz vein.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, 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 Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1911, The mining industry in 1910, in Brooks, A.K., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1910: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480-B p. 21-43.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.

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): 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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