Jack Bay #3

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000375
MRDS ID A010442
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Bay #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.45254, 60.96959 (WGS84)
Relative position The Jack Bay #3 prospect is at an elevation of about 2000 feet, approximately 2.2 miles north of Silver Lake. It is in the NW1/4 sec. 27, T. 10 S., R. 7 W., of the Copper River Meridian. The location is accurate to within 2000 ft. This prospect is shown as C-95 in Jansons and others (1984).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cordova D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cordova(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Gold (native)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 274
USGS model code 36a.1
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type
Mark3 model number 26

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.45254, 60.96959

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The area of this prospect is underlain by Upper Cretaceous Valdez Group metasedimentary rocks (Nelson and others, 1985). A well-defined quartz vein, 6 inches to 3 feet thick and traceable in outcrops for several hundred yards, cross cuts thick-bedded fine-grained graywacke. The vein contains small amounts of arsenopyrite(?) and native gold.? Gold mineralization in veins cutting the rocks of the Valdez Group is interpreted by Goldfarb and others (1992) to be the result of Tertiary metamorphism.
  • Age = Tertiary based on the age of the mineralizing event (Goldfarb and others, 1992).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Copper River

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface workings could not be found at this site (Jansons and others, 1984).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1; Goldfarb and others, 1986)
Deposit Other Comments = Site is in the Chugach National Forest.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-2000 S.W. Nelson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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