Green Mountain Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Green Mountain Prospect | Prospect |
| Fairbanks Mining District | Mining District |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 58' 1'' North , 147° 30' 0'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fox | 417 (2011) | 5.7km |
| Farmers Loop | 4,853 (2017) | 11.4km |
| Fairbanks | 32,325 (2017) | 17.6km |
| Badger | 19,482 (2011) | 18.6km |
| College | 12,964 (2011) | 18.8km |
Location: The Green Mountain prospect is located in the SW1/4SW1/4 sec. 26, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., Fairbanks Meridian. This deposit is on the west side of Rose Creek, about 1,000 feet west of the mouth of Evening Star Creek. It is about 4.1 miles west-southwest of the top of Gilmore Dome. The prospect is included in locality 30 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).
Geology: A small open cut exposes a 15-foot-wide quartz vein (Chapin, 1914, B 592-J, p. 321-355). An adit driven to crosscut the vein intersected a brecciated mass of schist with small quartz veins; free gold was panned here from crushed rock (Chapin, 1914, B 592-J, p. 321-355). This prospect lies on the western edge of a Cretaceous granite that intrudes two units of the Fairbanks Schist that are composed of (1) quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist, and (2) amphibolite, magnetite-rich biotite schist, quartz schist, and marble (Newberry and others, 1996).
Workings: Workings consisted of a small open cut and an adit (Chapin, 1914, B 592-J, p. 321-355).
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Schist-hosted gold-quartz vein
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| Link to USGS - Alaska: | FB103 |
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