Foster Hungerford

The Foster Hungerford is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Foster Hungerford
Secondary: Empire
Secondary: Alaska Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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
Years of Production:
Organization:
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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

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Shaft sinking through the winter of 1912-1913 produced 14 tons of ore (Chapin, 1914). Hill (1933) reports that this ore averaged $40 per ton (1.9 ounces of gold per ton).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold-quartz vein.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = The first known reference to the Foster Hungerford prospect dates to the winter of 1911-1912 when Mr. Foster and Mr. Hungerford acquired a lease on the New York, Blarney Stone, Comstock and Stockholm claims (Times Publishing Company, 1912). These claims were then known as the Empire group and were owned by the Empire Mining Company. By 1931, Fred M. Wackwitz had staked the ground under the Alaska claim group (Hill, 1933).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Chapin, 1914

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = During the summer of 1912 an east-west striking, south-dipping shear zone was discovered on the Blarney Stone claim. A twelve-inch-thick high-grade quartz-bearing zone was exposed and reported to contain significant gold. A shaft was sunk through the winter of 1912-1913 and 14 tons of ore were produced (Chapin, 1914). Hill (1933) reports that this ore averaged $40 per ton gold (1.9 ounces of gold per ton). Several northeast trending shear zones were exposed on the Foster Hungerford prospect in 1931. A N 50-60 E trending stringer approximately 8 to 10 inches wide was exposed in a 10 foot deep shaft on the Alaska #2 claim (Hill, 1933). This shear zone assayed $16.88 per ton in gold (0.8 ounces of gold per ton). A second shear near the east end of Alaska #2 is 18 inches wide; it strikes N 45 E and dips 50 SE.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A shaft had been sunk that produced ore (Chapin, 1914).

References

Reference (Deposit): Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.

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

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.)

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