Q. & Q.

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10003431
MRDS ID	A106188
Record type	Site
Current site name	Q. & Q.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-147.97259, 61.05957 (WGS84)
Relative position	Somewhere along the shore of College Fiord, exact location unknown. Cobb (1979) postulated that the prospect may actually be the Cann and Minor prospect (ARDF number AN0134), or the Griset and Benson prospect (ARDF number AN131), or neither. Latitude and longitude coordinates provided place the prospect in the central portion of College Fiord.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage A-3 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anchorage SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	274
USGS model code	36a.1
Deposit model name	Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type
Mark3 model number	26

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-147.97259, 61.05957	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Bedrock is metasedimentary rocks of the Late Cretaceous Valdez Group. These metasedimentary rocks are locally intruded by Eocene dacite and minor rhyolite dikes in the vicinity of College Fiord.
Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; mineralization is hosted by Valdez Group metasedimentary rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Prince William Sound

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = Martin (1920) reported that a 150 foot tunnel was driven in 1918.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A106188
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	AN132

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52.
Deposit

Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Martin, 1920

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz vein ? (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1 ?)
Deposit	Other Comments = Cobb (1979) postulated that the prospect may actually be the Cann and Minor prospect (ARDF number AN134), or the Griset and Benson prospect (ARDF number AN131), or neither.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	30-JUL-1998	D.P. Bickerstaff	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.