Mine detail: 88 Group

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Location: Circle County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 65.43274, -144.76492
dep_id: 10308546
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
alteration: Mineralization occurs within heavily Fe-stained, quartz-filled greisen zones of variable width (3 inch average). Phyllic and argillic alteration is present along vein margins and is also controllled by fractures (Bakke, 1991).
Reporter: C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer, A.S. Clements
References:
  • Deposit:: Bakke, Arne, 1991, Fairbanks gold in Vetter, 1995, Joker and 88 group, property summary: Fairbanks, Alaska, Vetter and Associates, 24 p.
  • Deposit:: Vetter, R., 1995, Joker and 88 group property summary: Fairbanks, Alaska, Vetter and Associates, 24 p.
  • Deposit:: Wiltse, M.A., Reger, R.D., Newberry, R.J, Pessel, G.H., Pinney, D.S., Robinson, M.S., and Solie, D.N., 1995, Bedrock geologic map of the Circle mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 95-02b, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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