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Apache-Navajo Gold-Silver Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002431
MRDS ID A013352
Record type Site
Current site name Apache-Navajo Gold-Silver Prospect
Related records 10136741, 10233880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.27804, 57.59447 (WGS84)
Elevation 812
Relative position 2.2 MI. E OF HEAD OF WINDHAM BAY, AT HEAD OF SPRUCE CREEK

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, 43, 44, 45. LOCATION IS SOUTH ADIT. NORTH ADIT AND TRENCH ARE 800 FT. N. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEST ASSAY: 2.4 PPM AG, TRACE OF AU-REF. 1, TABLE 18, P. 273, SAMPLE 3P131

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.27804, 57.59447
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 DEGREES-45 DEGREES W, N 04 DEGREES-08 DEGREES W
    Dip 55 DEGREES-70 DEGREES W, 70 DEGREES SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Petersburg

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT. AND 80 FT. LONG ADITS, SHALLOW TRENCH, 2-STAMP MILL. ADITS ARE 800 FT. APART.

Comments on development

  • TWO ADITS AND 2-STAMP MILL COMPLETED BETWEEN 1900-1903. ORE TESTED IN 2-STAMP MILL IN 1903 AND FOUND TOO LOW-GRADE TO MINE. APACHE-NAVAJO CLAIMS PATENTED IN 1909 BY WINDHAM CHIEF GOLD MINING COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1525, P. 138, FIGS. 26, 43, 44, 45, TABLES 14, 18, PLATES 1, 3 (1984)

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 91-86, P. 24 (1986)

  • Other Database

    BAG-B-1525-FIGS-26, 43, 44, 45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEINS IN BROWN SCHIST AND PHYLLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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