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Fries and Falls Quartz Gold Prospects

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10002425
MRDS ID A013346
Record type Site
Current site name Fries and Falls Quartz Gold Prospects
Alternate or previous names Marty Group: Silent Partner Nos. 1 and 2 Fries Adit, Falls Quartz Falls Quartz Adit Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.30832, 57.60031 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 1.1 MI. NE OF HEAD OF WINDHAM BAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sumdum C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sumdum N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sumdum(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)

Chuck River 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 1525, FIGS. 26, 31, 34, 35. LOCATION IS AT FRIES ADIT. FALLS QUARTZ ADIT IS 200 FT. SW. 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
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FRIES ADIT: BEST ASSAYS 0.10 PPM AU, 0.7 PPM AG. FALLS QUARTZ ADIT: BEST ASSAYS 0.10 PPM AU, 0.5 PPM AG-REF. 1, P. 266, 267, TABLE 17.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.30832, 57.60031
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Of Schist Strikes N 15 Degrees-30 Degrees W, Dips 65 Degrees-80 Degrees Sw

Ore body information

  • Strike STRINGERS: N 15 DEGREES-30 DEGREES W; VEINS: N 50 DEGREES W
    Dip STRINGERS: 65 DEGREES-80 DEGREES SW; VEINS: 65 DEGREES N
  • Strike STRINGERS: N 15 DEGREES-30 DEGREES W; VEINS: N 50 DEGREES W
    Dip STRINGERS: 65 DEGREES-80 DEGREES SW; VEINS: 65 DEGREES N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Petersburg

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 111.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • FRIES: 300 FT. LONG CROSSCUT AND 30 FT. RAISE. FALLS QUARTZ: 36 FT. LONG ADIT

Comments on development

  • FRIES PROSPECT ACTIVE FROM 1895-1930, WITH CROSSCUT AND RAISE DRIVEN. FALLS QUARTZ PROSPECT ACTIVE ONLY IN 1915, WITH SHORT ADIT DRIVEN. OWNED BY ALASKA PEERLESS MINING CO. UNTIL 1925, WHEN ACQUIRED BY JACOB MARTY MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1525, P. 127, FIGS. 26, 31, 34, 35, TABLES 14, 17, PLATES 1, 3 (1984)

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 91-86, P. 54 (1986)

  • Other Database

    BAG-B-1529-FIG-26, 31, 34, 35

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGER ZONES IN QUARTOSE CHLORITE OR MUSCOVITE SCHIST PARALLEL FOLIATION. QUARTZ VEINS, AT FALLS QUARTZ ADIT ONLY, STRIKE N 50 DEGREES W, DIP 65 DEGREES N

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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