The Silver Fox Prospect is a molybdenum mine located in Alaska.
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Silver Fox Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Fox Prospect
Secondary: Silvertone
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
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: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): NO RECORD OF MINING; OPERATED IN 1973 PRINCIPALLY AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION.
Comment (Location): 2 MILES EAST OF THE ELLIOTT HIGHWAY ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN FOX AND FLUME CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS IN TONALITE CONTAIN SCATTERED, FLATTENED, SMALL PODS OF MOLYBDENITE. PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE ON SLICKENSIDED FRACTURE SURFACES THAT OFFSET MOLYBDENITE-QUARTZ VEINS. ACCROSS FAULT ZONE IS AN AREA OF FISSURE VEINS CARRYING PYRITE, ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, AND SPHALERITE.
Comment (Workings): 375 FT. LONG MAIN ADIT; 50 FT. LONG DRIFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ADDGS RI 83-9.
Reference (Deposit): ADDGS OF 46
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