The Wackwitz Wyoming Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Wackwitz Wyoming Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wackwitz Wyoming Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 39. MINE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF CLEARY HILL MINE, ON THE EAST SIDE OF BEDROCK CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINING OR DEVELOPMENT WORK REPORTED FROM 1909-1942. WELL OVER 1,500 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON 3 LEVELS. MAY HAVE BEEN SOME WORK IN 1950'S.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS AS MUCH AS 2 FT. THICK CONTAIN GOLD AND KIDNEYS OF STIBNITE, NEAR WHICH GOLD VALUES ARE HIGHEST. SCHEELITE IN AND ADJACENT TO VEINS AND AS A REPLACEMENT SHOOT IN LIMESTONE.
Comment (Geology): MAIN (WYOMING) VEIN DISPLACED 100 FT. TO RIGHT BY A FAULT. COUNTRY ROCK RESEMBLES SHEARED AND METAMORPHOSED GREENSTONE; IN PART, FOLLOWS A FAULT. QUARTZ YOUNGER THAN CALCITE IN VEIN. QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST, QUARTZITE, THIN LIMESTONE BEDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 39
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 525, P. 181
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 849-B, P. 96-98
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