Newsboy Extension Mine

The Newsboy Extension Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Newsboy Extension Mine
Secondary: Newsboy Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT FLOODED IN 1912.

Comment (Geology): LODE CONTAINS LESS QUARTZ THAN NEWSBOY VEIN. FAULTING OF NEWSBOY VEIN MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL IF NEWSBOY EXTENSION VEIN IS SAME VEIN IS SAME VEIN AS NEWSBOY VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): AURIFEROUS VEIN IN SCHIST. THE COUNTRY ROCK AND ORE, AS SEEN ON DUMP, APPEARS TO BE THE SAME AS THAT FROM THE NEWSBOY VEIN.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 37. MINE 500 FT. NE OF NEWSBOY MINE (MARKED ON LIVENGOOD (A-1)), ALONG THE STEESE HIGHWAY ABOUT 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).

Comment (Development): DEVELOPED BY SHAFT 115 FT. DEEP AND SHORT SHAFTS TURNED OFF TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ON THE 60 FT. LEVEL. SMALL MILL ON PROPERTY

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 525, P. 189-190

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 849-B, P. 89.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 37

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