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Townsend and Holland 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10000830
MRDS ID A011483
Record type Site
Current site name Townsend and Holland Prospect
Related records 10137098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.4306, 61.2074 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position NEAR MILE 40 ON RICHARDSON HIGHWAY

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-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 34; POINT GIVEN IS COINCIDENT WITH VABM 1656, (ELBOW) ON VALDEZ A4 QUADRANGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.4306, 61.2074
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip }
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 0.3M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip }

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ARE IN CRINKLY, SHEARED SLATE OF VALDEZ GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nelchina

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS; TUNNEL ON LARGER VEIN REPORTEDLY LONGER THAN 300 FT, WITH A RAISE TO THE SURFACE; OTHER TUNNEL ABOUT 150 FT; PRESENT CONDITION UNKNOWN; BOTH ADITS ARE NEAR THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY AND RUN UNDERNEATH IT

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WAS BEFORE 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS EXPLORED BY TUNNELS: QUARTZ VEIN 3 TO 5 FT THICK TRENDING N 60 E AND 1 FT QUARTZ VEIN TRENDING N 40 E
Deposit NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION, ALTHOUGH WORKINGS WERE FAIRLY EXTENSIVE; SEE ALSO: KNOWLES PROSPECT ; 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-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE WORKINGS FIELDS FROM THE COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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