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Jersey City 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001309
MRDS ID A012048
Record type Site
Current site name Jersey City Prospect
Related records 10136613

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.39339, 58.26336 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(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

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J195 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • "METALLIC SULFIDES" IS ONLY REFERENCE TO ORE MINERALS; "ENCOURAGINGASSAYS" REPORTED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) KJgn
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO ALASKA TREASURE MINE. SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE WITH INTERBEDDED SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY OPEN CUTS, A SHAFT AND A CROSSOUT; BEFORE 1918

Comments on development

  • 1 LODE CLAIM; PROSPECTING IN 1914 AND 1916; DIAMOND DRILLING IN 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE AND INTERBEDDED SLATE WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS CONTAIN LOCALLY ABUNDANT DISSEMINATED METALLIC SULFIDES; WHICH SULFIDES NOT SPECIFIED IN REFERENCE
Deposit REFERENCE DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTION GOLD; PROSPECT IS DESCRIBED IN A SECTION ON GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE JUNEAU REGION; "ENCOURAGING ASSAYS" REPORTED; SEE ALSO: ALASKA TREASURE ; 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

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

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