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Yankee Girl Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Tin, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003204
MRDS ID A016012
Record type Site
Current site name Yankee Girl Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cowboy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.13368, 65.45955 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Diomede Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS BULLETIN 1129, PLATE 1; USGS BULLETIN 1287, PLATE 6. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED: 0.02 OZ AU, 0.6 OZ AG/TON, 3.1% PB, 0.47% SN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.13368, 65.45955
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY OPEN CUTS AND 2 SHORT ADITS; ABOUT A TONE OF PB-BEARING MATERIAL ON DUMP OF YANKEE GIR ADIT, INACCESSIBLE IN 1918; NEARBY COWBOY ADIT WAS IN BARREN LIMESTONE.

Comments on development

  • MOST DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY WAS IN EARLY 1900'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN IN LIMESTONE CONTAINS CERUSSITE, CASSITERITE, FLUORITE, CHALCOPYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE AND GALENA; STIBNITE AND FLUORITE FOUND IN SADDLE AT HEAD OF TIN CR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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