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Palmer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093992
MRDS ID A011451
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer Prospect
Related records 10209562

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.63395, 61.14015 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoup Bay State Marine Park(State Marine Park)

State Marine Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 7. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.63395, 61.14015
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 90 APPROX
    Width 1.37M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA UNDERLAIN BY ROCKS OF CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP; NO OTHER GEOLOGIC DATA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY 100 FT TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED AROUND 1911

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: SILVER GEM MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SHEAR ZONE 2.5 TO 4.5 FT WIDE TRENDING N 60 W AND NEARLY VERTICAL;PERMEATED BY PYRITIFEROUS QUARTZ STRINGERS CARRYING FREE GOLD; MAY BE SAME FISSURE AS I. X. L. PROSPECT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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