The White is a tungsten mine located in Alaska.
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White MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
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
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A lode prospect was found on placer claims on Pearl Creek that contained an ore shoot of scheelite-bearing material in hornblende and mica schist. These scheelite ore shoots were parallel to schistosity that had a strike of N. 75 E. and a dip of 75 N (Mertie, 1917). The rocks in the area has been mapped as Fairbanks Schist that consists of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mertie, 1917
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = W skarn deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 14a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Prior to 1918, one or more shafts were dug during lode prospecting on placer claims (Mertie, 1917, p. 421).
References
Reference (Deposit): Chapin, Theodore, 1919, Mining in the Fairbanks district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692-F, p. 321-327.
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B. Jr., 1917, Lode mining in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662-H, p. 403-424.
Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p.
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