Hess and Burnett

The Hess and Burnett is a silver mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Hess and Burnett

Commodity

Primary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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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

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Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Chapin, 1914

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In late 1912, Jack Burnett and August Hess sunk a short shaft on the prospect but the shaft was flooded by the summer of 1913 (Chapin, 1914).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Silver-bearing vein.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The date of discovery of the Hess and Burnett prospect is not known but samples collected from the prospect by Jack Burnett in May, 1910 assayed $85 per ton in silver (170 ounces of silver per ton) (Times Publishing Company, 1912). In late 1912 Jack Burnett and August Hess sunk a short shaft on the prospect but the shaft was flooded by the summer of 1913 (Chapin, 1914). No other published or private references to the Hess and Burnett prospect are known.

References

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): Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.

Reference (Deposit): Times Publishing Company, 1912, Tanana Magazine, Quartz Edition: Fairbanks, Alaska 76 p.

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