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Indiana Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001323
MRDS ID A012063
Record type Site
Current site name Indiana Prospect
Alternate or previous names Alaska Gold Mining Co.
Related records 10258693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.04984, 58.84392 (WGS84)
Relative position 3/4 MI NW OF JUALIN MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NW(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  • LOCATION OBTAINED FROM UNPUBLISHED MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Jualin Diorite
    Rock description Jualin Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.04984, 58.84392
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE SHEARED TO GREENSCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Juneau/Berners Bay

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 883.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2900 FT OF WORKINGS IN 3 TUNNELS; 10-STAMP MILL

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED 1896-1911; EXPLORED AS A POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF COMET ANDJUALIN MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPARENTLY NO WORKABLE ORE, MILL ON PROPERTY WAS NEVER USED; SEE ALSO: JUALIN MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit 10 FT WIDE VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS CARRYING PYRITE AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE; SOME AU-BEARING STRINGERS REPORTED, BUT NO PRODUCTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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