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Flora Gold 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10002357
MRDS ID A013275
Record type Site
Current site name Flora Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.1098, 57.66277 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 0.75 MI. S OF DOOLTH MTN., 0.5 MI. W OF CHICHAGOF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka C-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 B 929, PLATE 1, USGS MF-467, LOC. 33 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO DATA ON METAL CONTENT, BUT GOLD WAS PROBABLY PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Sitka
    Rock description Sitka
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.1098, 57.66277
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Graywacke Bedding Strikes N 57 Degrees W, Dips 66 Degrees Sw

Ore body information

  • Strike FAULT-N 22 DEGREES W
    Dip FAULT-50 DEGREES SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 27.43M
    Overall length 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • 90 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG FAULT.

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED CLAIM, SURROUNDED BY MCKALLICK CHICHAGOF MINES, INC. AS OF 1938. ONE TUNNEL DRIVEN. NO KNOWN PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 929, P. 132, PLATES 1, 3 (1941)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 43 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-467, LOC. 33 (1972)

  • Other Database

    BAG-B-929-PL-1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG FAULT IN SHALY GRAYWACKE. FAULT CONTAINS QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN UP TO 1 FT. THICK, WITH SEVERAL SMALL VEINLETS MERGING INTO FAULT. NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF GOLD AS MINERAL.
Deposit NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF GOLD CONTENT BY USGS B 929, P. 132, BUT IN VIEW OF AMOUNT OF WORK AND FACT THAT CLAIM WAS PATENTED, IT IS PROBABLE THAT SOME GOLD IS PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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