Guthrie and Belloli Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000808
MRDS ID A011457
Record type Site
Current site name Guthrie and Belloli Prospect
Related records 10282754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.56062, 61.14653 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(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

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(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

Shoup Bay State Marine Park(State Marine Park)

State Marine Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 13. 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
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA ON GOLD CONTENT

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) -146.56062, 61.14653

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form QUARTZ VEIN
    Strike N 25 W TO N 73 W
    Dip 60 E
    Thickness 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES N 87 E, DIPS 63 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 88.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • 290 FT OF WORKINGS BY 1916; PRESENT CONDITION UNKNOWN

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE BETWEEN ABOUT 1913 AND 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 1 M THICK CARRIES CALCITE, CHLORITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA
Deposit PRESENCE OF AU IS ASSUMED PROBABLE IN VIEW OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE; NOT MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY IN LITERATURE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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