Schaefer

The Schaefer is a silver mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Schaefer

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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Structure

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = High-grade silver mineralization in a shear zone with quartz.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the prospect was staked in 1912 as the Eugenia claim by M.A. Schaefer (Times Publishing Company, 1912).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = By late 1912, a 30-foot shaft had been sunk on a 2.5-foot-wide shear zone which assayed 26 ounces of silver per ton. Smith (1913, B 525) indicated the Schaefer prospect consisted of a flat-lying, quartz-rich zone along which a 150 foot adit was driven by 1912. The adit trends N 5 E in highly oxidized and weathered schist. It is believed the Schaefer adit was being driven to access the high grade silver mineralization encountered in the 30-foot shaft.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = By late 1912, a 30-foot shaft had been sunk on a 2.5-foot-wide shear zone which assayed 26 ounces of silver per ton. Smith (1913, B 525) indicated the Schaefer prospect consisted of a flat-lying quartz-rich zone along which a 150 foot adit had been driven by 1912. The adit trends N 5 E in highly oxidized and weathered schist. It is believed the Schaefer adit was being driven to access the high grade silver mineralization encountered in the 30 foot shaft.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Pilkington, H.D., 1970, Keystone Mines Inc. exploration program summary: International Minerals & Chemicals Corporation, 61 p. , 1 plate.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.

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

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.

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