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Alaska-Washington Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001325
MRDS ID A012065
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska-Washington Prospect
Related records 10185644

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.85954, 58.58197 (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. 5 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
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.85954, 58.58197
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE CONGLOMERATE DESCRIBED AS ANDESITE BRECCIA IN USGS BULL 287, P. 133; BARREN QUARTZ MASSES ON YANKEE COVE PROSPECT ALONG RIDGE TO THE SE EXPLORED BY OPEN CUTS FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FT

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON ONE VEIN; BEFORE 1912

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S; A LITTLE WORK IN 1910 AFTER "LONG IDLE PERIOD"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS 3-6 FT WIDE, AVE. THICKNESS 3 FT, CONTAINING AURIFEROUS PYRITE AND MINOR SPHALERITE; AU LIMITED TO SHORT SHOOTS; VEINS ABOUT 600 FT APART; ONE VEIN TRACED FOR 3000 FT
Deposit SEE ALSO: BESSIE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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