The Bear Claims is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Bear Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MAXIMUM GOLD VALUE FOR THESE CHANNEL SAMPLES IS 0.092 OUNCES PER TON, BUT SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE GOLD VALUES RANGING FROM 0.012 TO 0.017 OUNCES PER TON.
Comment (Deposit): THE FOLLOWING GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IS TAKEN FROM FREEMAN AND OTHERS (1988, P. 16): MINERALIZATION IN THE ROADCUT OF THE STEESE HIGHWAY WITHIN THE BEAR CLAIMS CONSISTS OF MASSIVE TO DISSEMINATED ARSENOPYRITE AND LESSER PYRITE. THE SULFIDE MINERALS ARE HOSTED BY A SEQUENCE OF CHLORITIC GREENSCHIST OVERLAIN BY BLACK CALCAREOUS, GRAPHITIC SCHIST OVERLAIN BY MICACEOUS QUARTZITE. THE SEQUENCE IS FOLDED INTO OPEN FOLDS WHOSE AXES PLUNGE GENTLY SOUTH WITH WAVELENGTHS OF APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AND AMPLITUDES OF APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET. THE CRESTS OF ANTICLINES ARE CUT BY STOCKWORK QUARTZ VEINS STAINED BY ABUNDANT SCORODITE. THE ROCKS ARE PERVASIVELY OXIDIZED ALONG VERTICAL SHEAR ZONES WHICH STRIKE N 40 E. THE SHEARS CONTAIN OBLONG FRAGMENTS OF HIGHLY ALTERED GRANITE WHICH ARE ALSO MINERALIZED WITH ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE AND ARE HEAVILY STAINED WITH SCORODITE. A SIXTY-FIVE FOOT SECTION OF ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY MINERALIZED ANTICLINAL STRUCTURES WAS CHANNEL SAMPLED AT FIVE FOOT INTERVALS.
Comment (Location): THE BEAR CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE STEESE HIGHWAY CENTERED AT ABOUT BM 2283, JUST NORTH OF MILLER CREEK AND APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF MILLER HOUSE.
Comment (Workings): CHANNEL SAMPLED IN 1988 (FREEMAN AND OTHERS, 1988).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C. J. and Adams, D. D., 1988, Lode and placer gold potential of the Faith Creek prospect, Circle mining district, Alaska: Fairbanks Exploration Inc., FC 88-1, 21 p.
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