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Golden Wonder #1

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000337
MRDS ID A010393
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Wonder #1
Related records 10233661

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.98008, 60.97178 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach 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

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE BODY AS A WHOLE ASSAYED 0.2-0.25 OZ/TON AU. SELECTED QUARTZ ASSAYED 5.0 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group;Valdez Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.98008, 60.97178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND STRINGERS
    Strike 560W
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911

Mining district

District name Prince William Sound District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PERHAPS 1 TON OF ORE WAS SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE STRIPPING AND ONE TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE 2.5 TO 4 FEET WIDE CONSISTS OF SHATTERED AND SHEARED SLATE WITH LENSES AND STRINGERS OF HARD BLUISH WHITE QUARTZ UP TO 10 INCHES WIDE THAT IS BANDED PARALLEL TO SHEAR ZONE WALLS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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