The Bobbie is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Bobbie MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bobbie
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = argentiferous galena
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A 60-foot adit was driven on a northwest striking, southwest dipping shear zone which varied from 12 to 14 inches thick and contained abundant galena. The ore contained $79.58 per ton in gold and silver (equivalent to about 3.8 ounces of gold per ton) and significant values in lead (Times Publishing Company, 1912). Smith (1913, B 525) reported that the Bobbie shear zone trends nearly north-south with a west dip and consists of banded galena with stibnite as the main components. Galena crystals near the wall rock grade into the center of the sulfide vein where coarse euhedral galena occurs. Brooks (1916, B 649) noted that stibnite occurred as kidney-shaped masses with euhedral quartz crystals; minor pyrite was embedded in the stibnite. The Bobbie prospect was examined as a possible source of antimony in 1942 but no additional exploration was conducted due to insufficient tonnage potential (Killeen and Mertie, 1951).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A 60-foot adit was been driven on a northwest striking, southwest dipping shear zone. The ore contained $79.58 per ton in gold and silver (equivalent to about 3.8 ounces of gold per ton) and significant values in lead (Times Publishing Company, 1912).
References
Reference (Deposit): Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.
Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)
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): 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): 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 Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.
Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.
Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1916, Antimony deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 649, 67 p.
Reference (Deposit): Times Publishing Company, 1912, Tanana Magazine, Quartz Edition: Fairbanks, Alaska 76 p.
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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