Dividend Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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. 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 10001331
MRDS ID A012071
Record type Site
Current site name Dividend Prospect
Alternate or previous names Julia Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.80371, 58.58392 (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

  • UNPUBLISHED MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP; BEST PUBLISHED MAP SHOWING LOCATION: USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 7 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH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 Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.80371, 58.58392

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LODE IS IN A SHEAR ZONE ADJACENT TO FOOTWALL OF GREENSTONE DESCRIBED AS AUGITE MELAPHYRE; GREENSTONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FT IN SECTION

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 426.72M
    Overall depth 57M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS AS OF 1912: 1200 FT TUNNEL WITH 200 FT DRIFT ALONG ORE; JULIA GROUP COMPRISED OF 52 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE CIRCA 1906 TO 1912

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-CALCITE STRINGERS IN SLATE ABOVE GREENSTONE FOOTWALL PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA, AND FREE GOLD OVER A WIDTH OF 12 FT-16 FT
Deposit ONE OF THE JULIA GROUP OF CLAIMS, WHICH INCLUDED CASCADE, JULIA NO. 1, JULIA NO. 2, PUZZLER, NOONDAY AND DIVIDEND; SEE ALSO: CASCADE, REXMINE ; 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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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