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Golden Hand Apex Gold Mine

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10002343
MRDS ID A013260
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Hand Apex Gold Mine
Related records 10209666

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.1837, 57.77443 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Relative position 0.7 MI. SE OF HEAD OF PINTA BAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(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)

West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 MF-1476-B, LOC. 12; USGS MF-467, LOC. 22. PROSPECTS EXTEND WITHIN 0.5 MI RADIUS AROUND LOCATION, AND ARE MARKED ON SITKA (D-7) TOPO 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 23 FT. OF QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGED 0.34 OZ/TON AU ACROSS 3 FT. WIDTH. HIGH GRADE 0.02 FT. BY 3 FT. ZONE ASSAYED 187 OZ/TON AU, AND SINGLE SELECT SAMPLE ASSAYED 489 OZ/TON AU (WOW!), ACCORDING TO USGS MF-1476-B, P. 6.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Whitestripe Marble
    Rock description Whitestripe Marble

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, 150 FT. LONG SLOUGHED TRENCH, 140 FT. OF CROSSCUT, 85 FT. OF DRIFT, MOSTLY DUG IN 1920'S.

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS ESTABLISHED AS OF 1941, SEVERAL CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS DUG. MINOR PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1979, BUT FEW DETAILS GIVEN. CLAIMS CURRENTLY ACTIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULTS FOLLOW CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ DIORITE INTRUSION, WITH SMALL VEINLETS OF QUARTZ NEAR FAULTS. SMALL SPECKS OF GOLD VISIBLE IN QUARTZ VEINLETS.
Deposit DETAILS OF RECENT MINING IN 1979 ARE FEW. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) 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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