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St. Louis Prospect

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10001297
MRDS ID A012034
Record type Site
Current site name St. Louis Prospect
Alternate or previous names Summit Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.67953, 58.52947 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern 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

Comments on the location information

  • USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 15 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

Alteration

  • (Local) 6 In Alteration Halo Around Ore Body On St. Louis Claim; No Alteration On Summit Claim

Analytical data

Result ORE BODY ON ST. LOUIS CLAIM REPORTED TO AVERAGE 1/4 OZ/TON AU, USGSOFR 84-572, P. 168, NO. 62

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Coast Range Intrusive Complex
    Rock description Coast Range Intrusive Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.67953, 58.52947
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juneau/Eagle River

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT SHAFT SUNK IN EARLY 1900'S ON SUMMIT VEIN; 21 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS AND 5 PLACER CLAIMS IN AREA

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ST. LOUIS CLAIM: SHEAR ZONE 7 FT WIDE COMPOSED OF QUARTZ FRAGMENTS IN A MATRIX OF ALTERED DIORITE; ORE ZONE 40 FT LONG, 4 FT THICK CONTAINING ARSENOPYRITE AND RARE GALENA AND PYRITE; SUMMIT CLAIM: ARSENOPYRITE AND FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ VEIN 6-8 IN THICK, 30 FT LONG WHICH CUTS ACROSS LAYERING IN QUARTZ DIORITE GNEISS
Deposit SEE ALSO: MITCHELL AND MCPHERSON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-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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