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Gold from
Homestake Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Homestake Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:582392
Long-form Identifier:1:3:582392:5
GUID (UUID V4):997211d1-b3aa-4a42-bff3-cba62b9c1cb0
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
0.2km (0.1 miles) Rexall Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Banner Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Ebbert Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.6km (0.3 miles) Pennsylvania Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Christina; Vetter; Shelden Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Pioneer Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Harris and Brown; Sky High; Grace E#1 Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Saddle Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Henry Ford Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) Chatham Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (issue)
MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-819 PART A SUMMARIES...mineral occurrences in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska (Cobb, E. H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral...construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819...Geological Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted
Report (issue)
nes, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 6 I50" ctf o3 S _ --1.G184 LG1B6 ctf LG030...occurrences in the Livengood 1:250, 000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...(907) 786-7424. This compilation is authored by: Alaska 03 'B- ' ** o £2 0) j 1 Q o C/5 14- ...^! Curtis J. Freeman and Janet Schaefer Fairbanks, Alaska C^ '*s*^__^r*&*'' Location of map ar«a In...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade, product
Report (issue)
LODE MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By J. B. MEIITIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. Gold lode mining in the Fairbanks...Fairbanks district continued in 1916, with a small production. The cost of power and supplies has increased...prospecting. Most of the operators having high-grade gold ore do not care to continue work under present conditions...concerned in the gold mines is to await the coming of the Government railroad to Fairbanks, the expectation...Eight gold lode mines, however, were operated in the Fairbanks district in 1916, producing gold valued
Report (issue)
the Alaska Range have been widely traversed by prospectors since the establishment of Fairbanks as a...1903 gold-placer mining commenced in the Bonnifield country, about 60 miles south of Fairbanks, and during...region, about 150 miles southwest of Fairbanks and 30 miles north of Mount McKinley, was an area of considerable...respectively, about $30,000 and $175,000 in placer gold. The writer and C. S. Blair, field assistant, were...area are the Alaska Range and the Tanana Flats. The Alaska Range in this, part of Alaska trends round
Report (volume)
of Metallic and Nonmetallic Mineral Deposits of Alaska Compiled From Published Reports of Federal and...of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits of Alaska, compiled from published reports of Federal and...resources Indexes. 2. Mines' and mineral resources Alaska. I. Kachadoorian, Reuben, 1921-, rjoint author...quadrangle_________-___________-j________________________ Fairbanks quadrangle_________________________-_________________...investigations__________________---_-_----____-__ Territory of Alaska Department of Mines pamphlets____________--_ 360
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA BY JAMES M. HILL Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931...History of mining.__________________________________________ Economic factors affecting mining.________...data._____-___-______-_-----____-__-_--___.-____ Gold lode deposits----_-----__-_--_--_-----__--_-_---_-------...71 73 IV CONTENTS Economic geology Continued Gold lode deposits Continued Mines and prospects...-...__-----__._..Cleary Creek.______________________.___ Fairbanks Creek________-_____.__________________Goldstream
Report (issue)
LODE MINING AND PROSPECTING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. The lodes of Seward...undeveloped. The Big Hurrah mine, in the Solomon district, produced gold from 1903 to 1907 but has not...shipments of gold ore have been made from the Sliscovich mine, on Manila Creek, in the Nome district, but these...two properties, gold lode development is still in the stage of prospecting. Lode mining of some of the...studies, will be published later. GOLD. SLISCOVICH. The Sliscovich mine, near the head of Manila Creek
Report (issue)
MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By HENRY M. EAKIN. INTRODUCTION. The writer devoted about 10 days...investigation of the recent mining developments in the Fairbanks district. This time was insufficient...1914 about 125 placer mines were operated in this district, employing some 1,200 men. Statistics of winter...over 50 mines were worked. The value of the placer gold produced in 1914 is estimated at $2,500,000, compared...Vault, Little Eldorado, Goldstream, Engineer, and Fairbanks creeks. The falling off in output is to be interpreted
Report (issue)
25'-149° 01' west longitude and 63° 54'-64° 10' north latitude. (See accompanying map, PI. XVII.) The...about TO miles on a direct line southwest of Fairbanks. The Government railroad, now under construction...No lode mining has been done in the area outlined, and prospecting has not been extensive. Gold is the...the principal mineral sought. A gold quartz claim was staked several years ago on McCuen Gulch, in the SE... R. 5 "W. A mineralized zone that apparently is gold bearing is reported from Fourth of July Creek about
Report (issue)
here are data on sulfide and nonsulfide mineralogy, gold and silver grades and deposit tonnage. A discussion...name, country, local geographical area, mineralogy, gold and silver grades, tonnage, and references are given...deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...1980)). These deposits are primarily worked for gold. Silver is a minor byproduct; about 14 percent of...infrequently, the disseminated ore was a major source of gold. DEFINITION OF DEPOSIT Definition of deposits as
Report (issue)
LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. The inevitable depletion of easily mined...mined placer deposits near Fairbanks and the consequent availability of both men and money for other enterprises...productive mines. The writer visited the lode-mining district late in the open season of 1912 to study the...investigations here recorded were devoted exclusively to mining developments. The writer is under deep obligations...expressed to the various mine owners, operators, and residents of the Fairbanks region. Although specific
Report (issue)
INTRODUCTION This report lists the streamflow stations in Alaska for which records have been or are to be published...Geological Survey. Basic data on surface-water supply of Alaska have been published in bulletins or water-supply...beginning in 1961, the Alaska district issues annually a report streamflow records for Alaska. WSP 1640 1720...there are no low-flow partial-re-::ord stations in Alaska. A date followed by only a dash shows that the...figures (calendar years) Annual peaks (water years) ALASKA SOUTHEASTERN MAINLAND STREAMS Salmon River near
Report (issue)
PLACER MINING IN THE YUKON-TANANA REGION. By C. E. ELLSWORTH and G. L. PARKER. INTRODUCTION. It is the...brief summary of the general progress of placer mining in the Yukon-Tanana region during 1910. The writers...engaged in a water-supply investigation of the Fairbanks, Circle, Tenderfoot, Eagle, and Seventymile placer...Yukon-Tanana region, and incidentally some notes on mining operations were made. Much of the material embodied...report, however, is due to information furnished by mine operators and others personally familiar with the
Report (issue)
December 31, 1 963 Alaska Index of Surface-Water Records to December 31, 1963 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth...1963 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth INTRODUCTION This report lists the streamflow stations in Alaska for which...Circular 396. Basic data on surface-water supply of Alaska have been published in bulletins or water-supply...1961, the Alaska district issues a report annually containing streamflow records for Alaska. In addition...Station Drainage area (sq mi) number 30Southeastern Alaska Mainland streams: 80 Salmon River near Hyder ••
Report (issue)
of Surface-Water Records to September 30, 1967 Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 585 0 Index of...of Surface-Water Records to September 30, 1967 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Washington...1967 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth INTRODUCTION This report lists the streamflow stations in Alaska for which...Circular 516. Basic data on surface-water supply of Alaska have been published in bulletins or water-sup1ly...1961, th~ Alaska district issues a report annually containing streamflow records for Alaska, In addition
Report (issue)
LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By THEODORE CHAPIN. INTRODUCTION. The occurrence of auriferous quartz veins...for a number of years, but until recently quartz mining has received relatively little attention. In the...opened. 'The total lode production for the Fairbanks district is about S674,00Q. In 1911 the production...produced in 1912. The estimate of the value of the gold-lode production in 1913, based on incomplete returns...In 1913 the writer spent a few days in the Fairbanks district to study the occurrence of lodes and to gather
Report (issue)
OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 ALASKA ~OPERTY Of: U. S. GECJLCCICAL p U 8 Ll C II...INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30,1955 ALASKA By E. G. Bailey Washington, D. C., 1956 INDEX... INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30,1955 ALASKA By E. G. Bailey EXPLANATION This index lists...lists the streamflow and reservoir stations in Alaska for which records have been or are to be published in... Drainage area (sq mi) Gaging station Southeastern Alaska Davis River near Hyder (at Portland Canal) ...••••••
Report (volume)
THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, ALASKA BY L. M. PRINDLE WITH A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT...AND F. J. KATZ AND AN ACCOUNT OF LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS BY PHILIP S. SMITH WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...BROOKS_________________________ GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, by L. M. PKINDLE ________________...the Yukon-Tanana region 17 Geography of the Fairbanks quadrangle _ _ _ _ _______ 18 Position and...__________________________ Tanana lowland _ ____ , Upland north of the Tanana.._______________ Yukon Flats_____
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director Bulletin 649 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF ALASKA BY ALFRED H. BROOKS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING................................................. Mining developments and production........................................-.----.-------------Siliceous gold-bearing stibnite lodes................................................... 1............... Fairbanks district. .............................................................................. Fredericks mine.......................................... Spaulding
Report (issue)
mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. W ' - - V V^ ' VL 1 PI Cl°«5 C»35 ....occurrences in the Circle 1 :250, 000-scale quadrangle, Alaska C/) c/} cd . i |_ _ Q cd ^ '" * '' ' tf/...Corporation P.O. Box 80268 Fairbanks, AK 99708 phone (907) 455-5159 Alaska <^ \ ^ »\ . £ ^jpjL^ , .... °%^^^% ^^....^^ Location of map area in Alaska /^^^^^^\ This report is preliminary and has not been...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North [9fl|^HB||BSc| American Stratigraphic code. Any
Report (issue)
MINING IN NORTHWESTERN ALASKA. By S. H. CATHCART. INTRODUCTION. The season of 1918 was the most unfavorable...unfavorable for placer mining that the Seward Peninsula has experienced. Several factors combine to account...Solomon Eiver district frost as deep as 10 feet was reported, and in the Council City district frost was... fuel, and foodstuffs was felt severely in all mining operations. It is estimated that the cost of production...MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1918. $1,108,000 represents the value of the placer gold and $87,172 the value
Report (issue)
Yukon and Tanana rivers to Lake Minchumina and the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. It reaches from the longitude...general way the 1 Hcrron, J. S., Explorations in Alaska, 1899: War Dept., Adjt. General's Office, No. 31...1-77, maps, 1901. 211 212 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1915. Yukon-Kuskokwim divide. A pack train of...drainage lines. The plains border the uplands on the north, east, and south, extend broadly into the principal...trend and lies very close to the course of the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. The northeasterly trend
Report (issue)
region covered by this report lies on the north slope of the Alaska Range between Nenana and Delta rivers...the south by the crest of the range and on the north by the Tanana Flats. It therefore forms a belt about...River. Since the establishment of Fairbanks as an important mining camp the area south of the Tanana...strikes of exceptional richness have been made placer gold is widely distributed and has been found in paying...gravel benches which carry a low content of placer gold. The western border of this area was visited in
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR BtTMiETIN 501 THE BONNIFIELD REGION ALASKA BY STEPHEN R. CAPPS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...42 4 CONTENTS. Page. Mineral resources_____ Gold placers________ General descriptions __ ____-________...________________ Totatlanika Creek '_______________% Homestake Creek _ _ California Creek _ Rex Creek_ Tatlanika...Roosevelt Creek___________ ___________ Hearst Creek _ _ Gold King Creek___________ _____________ Dry Creek and...River and Chicken Creek; B, Jumbo Dome from the north, looking up California Creek ________ 30 IV. Glacier
Report (issue)
United States Gold Terranes Part I U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1857-B AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND...Riverside Ave.. ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Rm. 101,4230 University Dr. ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Federal Bldg, Rm. E-146...25286 Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska may order maps from Alaska Distribution Section, U.S. Geological...New Federal Building Box 12 101 Twelfth Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99701 Maps Maps may be purchased over the...Center FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. Chapter B United States Gold Terranes
 
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