The Foster & Macumber is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,424 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,424 Feet (434 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 65.0292, -162.57080
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Foster & Macumber MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster & Macumber
Secondary: Gossan 1-4
Secondary: Benson
Secondary: Poppy
Secondary: Darby
Secondary: Jim
Secondary: Lode Claims 1-8
Secondary: Foster
Secondary: Would Bee
Secondary: Dry
Secondary: Bandy
Secondary: No. 2 Darby
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TRENCHING, DRILLING, CORING, GEOCHEMISTRY, PETROGRAPHY. PALEOZOIC OR PREPALEOZOIC METASEDIMENT FORMING A N.-PITCHING ANTICLINE. FOSTER PROSPECT IS ON AXIS OF FOLD. STRATA ARE PRINCIPALLY THINLY INTERBEDDED QUARTZOSE SCHISTS WITH MAJOR PORTION PARTIALLY DOLOTOMIZED MARBLE. PROSPECT IS FORMED OF A ZONALLY ARRANGED PB-AG-BEARING GOSSAN. THE GOSSAN IS PRIMARILY LIMONITE AND GOETHITE WITH SOME CERUSSITE AND LESS ANGELESITE. PRINCIPAL PB MINERALIZATION IS GALENA NODULES <1 IN. TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER. POSSIBLE RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION OF GALENA. DEPOSITION PROBABLY DUE TO SOLUTION ENTERING FRACTURES ON FOLD AXIS WITH IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT OF MARBLE. SILVER CONTENT APPEARS TO INCREASE WITH DEPTH (RI6018). ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT NAMES: DRY, JIM, LODE CLAIMS 1-8.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-006
Reference (Deposit): PE44-1
Reference (Deposit): RI6018 pp. 1-2, 7, 10, 12, 14-17, 25-41
Reference (Deposit): GR11 pp. 4-5
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 109
Reference (Deposit): MF417
Reference (Deposit): OF75-429
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