Moose Gulch Occurrence, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Moose Gulch Occurrence | Occurrence |
Fairbanks Mining District | Mining District |
Fairbanks North Star Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 51' 0'' North , 148° 4' 1'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Ester | 2,422 (2011) | 2.5km |
College | 12,964 (2011) | 12.5km |
South Van Horn | 558 (2017) | 13.9km |
Fairbanks | 32,325 (2017) | 16.6km |
Farmers Loop | 4,853 (2017) | 18.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
198982
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:198982:6
GUID (UUID V4):
627c32db-20a7-44fd-aeaf-0f0281920267
Location: The Moose Gulch occurrence is located in the SW1/4 sec. 1, T. 1 S., R. 3 W., Fairbanlks Meridian. Moose Gulch is small south-flowing tributary of Ester Creek, about 1.6 miles west of the town of Ester. The location given is on the lower part of the creek, where it is assumed the placer activity took place.
Geology: Old placer working were found to contain cobbles of stibnite as much as 6 inches in diameter (Killeen and Mertie, 1951, p. 20). One cobble of stibnite contained 62.11percent antimony (Killeen and Mertie, 1951, p. 12). There is no other information on placer activities on the creek.
Workings: Old placer workings were reported in 1951 (Killeen and Mertie, 1951, p. 20).
Age: Quaternary placer.
Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Sb
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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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 | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
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S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | FB026 |
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