Sky High

The Sky High is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Sky High
Secondary: Quemboe #2

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

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 = Workings consist of a short tunnel and a 15-foot-deep shaft.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = By 1912, two areas of low grade gold mineralization were exposed (Times Publishing Company, 1912). One area consisted of a 3- to 6-inch-wide, iron-oxide-cemented breccia exposed in a short tunnel. Small amounts of free gold could be panned from this material (Smith, 1913; B 525). This mineralization is flat-lying and appeared to be a capping rather than a shear zone. The second occurrence on the Sky High prospect is 14 feet wide and is accessed by a 15 foot deep shaft. The gold content of this occurrence was not considered to be of commercial grade in 1912 (Smith, 1913; B 525).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the Sky High prospect, also known as the Quemboe #2 claim, was discovered by Iver and John Quemboe, prior to 1912, by which time they had staked the Sky High claim.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold mineralization in iron-oxide cemented breccia.

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 Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 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.

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): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.

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