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Alexander Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000053
MRDS ID A010061
Record type Site
Current site name Alexander Prospect
Alternate or previous names Alexandria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.02262, 55.62335 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Within A Radius Of 2000 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.02262, 55.62335
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Greenstone Is Folded.

Ore body information

  • Strike N DEGREE O
    Dip 45 W
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN STRIKES ACROSS SCHISTOSITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 13.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit SEE ALSO HOFFMAN, MELVILLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-94 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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