The Newsboy Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Newsboy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Newsboy Mine
Secondary: Newsboy Extension Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Year First Production: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Schist Iron-Stained
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): DEVELOPED BY EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ON AT LEAST 5 LEVELS; SOME STOPES CONTINUOUS FROM SURFACE DOWN TO 160 FT. LEVEL OR DEEPER. MINING REPORTED 1910-13 AND 1930-35. RECORDS LOST; NO DATA ON PRODUCTION. SMALL MILL ON PROPERTY.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFT SUNK NEARLY 350 FT WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS TURNED OFF ON 60, 115, 215, AND 315 FOOT LEVELS.
Comment (Geology): NEWSBOY VEIN HAS BEEN BROKEN BY SEVERAL FAULTS; VEIN APPEARS TO BE NEAR THE CREST OF THE ANTICLINE THAT DETERMINED THE SITE OF PEDRO DOME MINERALIZATION. VEIN FAULTED OFF AT END OF SEVERAL DRIFTS. ORE IS SHEARED AND BREAKS DOWN EASILY.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD, STIBNITE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND SPHALERITE IN CRUSHED IRON-STAINED SILICIFIED SCHIST AND QUARTZ LODE CUT BY CLOSELY SPACED QUARTZ VEINLETS. NEWSBOY VEIN 4-14 FT. WIDE AND CONSISTS OF CRUSHED IRON-STAINED SCHIST AND QUARTZ WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE. SCHIST HORSES ARE FAIRLY NUMEROUS IN THE VEIN AND ARE NOT SHARPLY SEPERATED FROM THE VEIN MATERIAL. ANOTHER VEIN IS 10 IN. WIDE, STRIKES N 79 E, DIPS 60 S, AND CONSISTS OF CRUSHED QUARTZ AND SULFIDES; GOLD ALSO PRESENT. SILICIFIED SCHIST WITH CLOSELY SPACED QUARTZ VEINLETS ARE SUFFICIENTLY RICH TO MINE OVER WIDTHS OF 8-12 FT.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 37. DEPOSIT JUST SOUTH OF SADDLE, AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,750 FT., BETWEEN CLEARY AND LAST CHANCE CREEKS. MINE MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-1). MILEPOST 22 OF STEESE HIGHWAY ON ONE OF THE CLAIMS. SADDLE 2 MILES NNE OF PEDRO DOME. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 37
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 525, P. 187-189
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-B, P. 75, 85-89.
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