The Gilmore is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Gilmore MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gilmore
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
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 (Reference): Primary Reference = Davis, 1922
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Although several feet of adits and drifts were reported, there is no information on the amount of ore mined from these workings.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Gilmore adit was completed to a length of 800 feet in 1917 (Killeen and Mertie, 1951). In 1922, the adit was 1,000 feet in length (N. 30 E. trend), contained cross-cuts at the 700, 800 and 1,000 foot stations and connected the Mizpah and Ohio mine workings to the Gilmore mill (Davis, 1922). At the 700 foot station, a thin stringer was followed in a 50 foot long drift to the northwest. At the 800 foot station, the northwest drift is 100 feet long and the southeast drift is 75 feet long. At the 1,000 foot station, the southeast drift runs 150 feet to the upper shaft on the Ohio claim. The northwest drift runs 350 feet to intersect with the 200 foot level of the Mizpah mine (Davis, 1922).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold-quartz vein.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Gilmore adit was designed to facilitate exploration and haulage from the Ohio and Mizpah mines however, several new gold-bearing lodes were intersected by the adit. The adit was completed to a length of 800 feet in 1917 (Killeen and Mertie, 1951). The schist through which the adit cuts dips 10 to 15 N. In 1922, the adit was 1,000 feet in length (N 30 E trend), contained cross-cuts at the 700-, 800- and 1,000-foot stations, and connected the Mizpah and Ohio mine workings to the Gilmore mill (Davis, 1922). At the 700-foot station, a thin stringer was followed in a 50-foot long drift to the northwest. At the 800-foot station, the northwest drift is 100 feet long and the southeast drift is 75 feet long. At the 1,000-foot station, the southeast drift runs 150 feet to the upper shaft on the Ohio claim. The northwest drift runs 350 feet to intersect with the 200-foot level of the Mizpah mine (Davis, 1922). No information is available concerning the grade or extent of gold mineralization intersected in the Gilmore adit.
References
Reference (Deposit): Davis, J.A., 1922, Lode mining in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 58-1, 80 p.
Reference (Deposit): Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.
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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