Basham Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Basham Prospect | Prospect |
| Fairbanks Mining District | Mining District |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 4' 37'' North , 147° 19' 51'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fox | 417 (2011) | 18.9km |
| Farmers Loop | 4,853 (2017) | 25.5km |
| Two Rivers | 719 (2011) | 26.6km |
| Pleasant Valley | 725 (2011) | 30.7km |
| Fairbanks | 32,325 (2017) | 32.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
196383
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196383:3
GUID (UUID V4):
c7d5366e-a36b-428d-ab3d-a914bee54066
Location: The Basham prospect is located in upper Too Much Gold Creek near the divide with Wolf Creek; NW1/4NW1/4 sec. 22, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian.
Geology: This prospect is situated on a N 60 W, 80 S shear zone which is parallel to and 200 feet south of the Branholm-Jenkins (McNeil) shear. The only known reference to this prospect indicates that in the early 1960's Bill Basham and Art Wells extracted a sample which returned a grade of $5,000 per ton in gold (142 ounces of gold per ton) (Pilkington, 1970; R. Vetter, oral commun., 1992). Previous grab samples of vein quartz from the prospect returned values of 1.25 and 7.00 ppm gold (0.036 and 0.204 ounces of gold per ton) (Pilkington and others, 1969). Follow-up trenching and channel sampling indicated no significant mineralization on the prospect (Pilkington, 1970).
Workings: Grab samples, trenching and channel sampling.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Gold-quartz vein.
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| Link to USGS - Alaska: | LG177 |
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