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Anderson 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 10002363
MRDS ID A013281
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Gold Prospect
Related records 10136805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.02619, 57.63415 (WGS84)
Elevation 21
Relative position ON N SHORE OF SISTER LAKE, AT E END OF CHANNEL TO LAKE ANNA

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. 37. LOCATION IS TUNNEL AT WEST PROSPECT. EAST PROSPECT IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. E. 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 GOLD CONTENT, BUT GOLD IS LIKELY 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 Graywacke;Sitka Graywacke
    Rock description Sitka Graywacke;Sitka Graywacke

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.02619, 57.63415
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault On West Prospect Appears To Link Hirst And Chichagof Faults.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Graywacke Strikes N 50 Degrees W, Dips 65 Degrees Sw

Ore body information

  • Strike FAULT NO. 1-N 12 DEGREES W, FAULTS NOS. 2, 3-N 25 DEGREES E
    Dip FAULT NO. 1-72 DEGREES SW, FAULTS NOS. 2, 3-75 DEGREES SE, 88 DEGREES SE

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 Surface/Underground
    Length 10.97M
    Overall length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST PROSPECT: 36 FT. TUNNEL. EAST PROSPECT: 40 FT. OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • TWO PROSPECTS HELD BY T.A. ANDERSON AS OF 1938. TUNNEL DRIVEN AND TRENCHES DUG. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 929, P. 124, PLATES 1, 3 (1941)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 7 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-467, LOC. 37 (1972)

  • Other Database

    BAG-B-929-PL-1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTHOUGH GOLD IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN USGS B 929, AUTHOR OFTEN LEAVES OUT GOLD CONTENT OF VEINS IN PROSPECTS. AMOUNT OF WORKINGS INDICATES THAT GOLD WAS PROBABLY PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit WEST PROSPECT: 36 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN ON FAULT NO. 1, WITH UP TO 2 FT. THICK VEIN QUARTZ IN GOUGE AND SHEARED ROCK ALONG FOOTWALL. EAST PROSPECT: FAULTS NOS. 2, 3, 3.5 FT. APART IN GRAYWACKE CONTAIN UP TO 1 FT. THICK QUARTZ, CALCITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-SEP-1994 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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