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Anderson Occurrence, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Anderson Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Fairbanks Mining District | Mining District |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 57' 3'' North , 147° 32' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fox | 417 (2011) | 3.8km |
| Farmers Loop | 4,853 (2017) | 8.9km |
| Fairbanks | 32,325 (2017) | 15.1km |
| College | 12,964 (2011) | 16.2km |
| Badger | 19,482 (2011) | 16.8km |
Location: The Anderson occurrence is located near the southwest corner of sec. 34, T. 2 N., R. 1 W., Fairbanks Meridian, on the south side of Tungsten Gulch. This occurrence is approximately 1 mile southwest of Tungsten Hill and about 2.5 miles east of the town of Fox. This occurrence is included in locality 27 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]) and is locality 129b of Chapman and Foster (1969).
Geology: The Anderson prospect is in mica schist of the Fairbanks Schist adjacent to a Cretaceous granite intrusion. Scheelite was found along the outer edge of a quartz vein in the schist; no scheelite was found within the vein or within the schist (Mertie, 1917, p. 424). The quartz vein is oriented N. 50 E., 55 NW.; the foliation of the the schist is N. 60 E., 20 W. (Mertie, 1917, p. 424). White and others (1952) reported sheared quartz veins that contained gold and several common sulfides in the in the granitic rock.
Workings: Surface exposure only.
Commodities (Major) - W; (Minor) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: W skarn deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 14a)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | FB096 |
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North America PlateTectonic Plate
- North America PlatformPassive Margin
- Yukon-Tanana lower DomainDomain
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