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Whiting River Silver-Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001744
MRDS ID A012528
Record type Site
Current site name Whiting River Silver-Gold Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Lost Charlie Ross, Miss Pickle, Silver Moon
Related records 10160957

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.44918, 58.04559 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taku River A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Whiting River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Taku River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 044S 073E 22 NE Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: USGS BULL 1525, PLATE III, FIG. 76 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3.4-14.5 OZ AG/TON, AVE: 10.2 OZ/TON
Result AVE: 0.09 OZ AU/TON
Result AVE: 2.2% PB
Result USGS BULL 1525, P. 198

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Coast Range Batholith
    Rock description Coast Range Batholith
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.44918, 58.04559
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 E
    Dip STEEP TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.37M
    Length 24.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS HOSTED IN DOLOMITE INCLUSION WITHIN DIORITIC ROCKS OF THE COAST RANGE BATHOLITH

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/Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness Study Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 80 FT ALONG VEIN AND A 75 FT CROSSCUT ABOUT 100 FT BELOW OPEN CUT WERE MADE PROBABLY BEFORE 1908; VEIN NOT FOUND IN CROSSCUT; PROBABLY FAULTED OUT

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED 1896; STAKED AS LOST CHARLIE ROSS IN 1901 AND IN 1907, AS THE MISS PICKLE IN 1913 AND 1929, AND AS THE SILVER MOON IN 1915; 5 LODE CLAIMS, POSSIBLY ACTIVE AS LATE AS 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 OR 5 COMPLEXLY FAULTED QUARTZ VEINS 0.1 TO 4.5 FT WIDE; ONLY VEIN OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE IS 4.5 FT WIDE, EXPOSED FOR 80 FT IN OPEN CUT, SULFIDES: ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE; GOLD PROBABLY IN ARSENOPYRITE, SILVER PROBABLY IN GALENA
Deposit THE VEIN MATERIAL SAMPLED IN OPEN CUT WOULD CONSTITUTE ORE ONLY IF SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS WERE FOUND IN SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION, USGS BULL 1525, P. 198 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.

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