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Greek Boy 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001375
MRDS ID A012117
Record type Site
Current site name Greek Boy Prospect
Related records 10209476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.99928, 58.86725 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau D-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 OFR 85-717 MINERAL RESOURCES MAP, LOC. NO. J109 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.99928, 58.86725
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPENCER, 1904 AND 1906, AND WRIGHT AND WRIGHT, 1906, DESCRIBE HOST ROCK AS SLATE NEAR SLATE-DIORITE CONTACT, USGS BULL 225, BULL 287 AND BULL 284; KNOPT, 1911, STATES THAT ORE BODY IS NEARLY SOLID QUARTZ MINERALIZATION IN A BORDER PHASE OF QUARTZ DIORITE ALONG CONTACT WITH SCHISTOSE BASALT, USGS BULL 446

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juneau

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 700 FT TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 9 LODE CLAIMS AND 2 PLACER CLAIMS STAKED CIRCA 1934 COVER AREA WHICH INCLUDES GREEK BOY PROPERTY; LAST REPORTED ACTIVITY WAS ASSESSMENT WORK IN 1905

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS AND VEINS IN 8-20 FT ZONE OF SPARSE, IRREGULAR PYRITE MINERALIZATION AND LOW GRADE GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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