Zimmerman Prospect (near Skoogy Gulch), Fairbanks District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA

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Supposed continuation of Rainbow lode.
Location: Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 33; SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 1, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is on the hillside about 0.4 miles ENE of the junction of Twin Creek and Skoogy Gulch. Accuracy is within 1,500 feet.
Geology: Sulfide-bearing material contains as much as $12 per ton in silver and $4 per ton in gold (Smith, 1913; B 525). The strike of the lode varies from E to N and the dips varies from N to E (Smith, 1913; B 525).
Workings: Surface samples were taken.

Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Ag
Development Status: None

References

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. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p. 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. Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.

Mineral List

Gold

1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.