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Hill and Berkland 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10002361
MRDS ID A013279
Record type Site
Current site name Hill and Berkland Gold Prospect
Related records 10137227

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.09258, 57.65443 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.6 MI. SE OF CHICHAGOF ON E SHORE OF KLAG BAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka C-7 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS B 929, PLATE 1; USGS MF-467, LOC. 35 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 IS LIKELY PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.09258, 57.65443
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike FAULTS-S 45 DEGREES E, N 20 DEGREES W
    Dip FAULTS-63 DEGREES NE, 65 DEGREES NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG FAULT

Comments on development

  • TWO CLAIMS HELD BY CHARLES HILL AND OLE BERKLAND AS OF 1938. TUNNEL DRIVEN. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 929, P. 128, PLATES 1, 3 (1941)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 57 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-467, LOC. 35 (1972)

  • Other Database

    BAG-B-929-PL-1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNNEL DRIVEN IN S 45 DEGREES E STRIKING, 63 DEGREES NE DIPPING FAULT IN ARGILLACEOUS GRAYWACKE, JOINS SECOND N 20 DEGREES W STRIKING, 65 DEGREES NE DIPPING FAULT, WITH QUARTZ UP TO 6 IN. THICK IN BOTH FAULTS. NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF GOLD.
Deposit NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF GOLD IN USGS B 929, P. 128, BUT BECAUSE OF WORKINGS, GOLD IS LIKELY PRESENT (AUTHOR COMMONLY OMITS MENTION OF METAL CONTENT OF VEINS. ; 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

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