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Black Chief Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. 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 10094020
MRDS ID A012032
Record type Site
Current site name Black Chief Prospect
Related records 10210021

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.79871, 58.59725 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern 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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 10 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
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO DATA ON GOLD CONTENT; PRESENCE OF GOLD INFERRED FROM EXTENT OF WORKINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.79871, 58.59725
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juneau/Eagle River

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 95.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE VEINS WERE EXPLORED BY 312 FT OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS IN INDEFINITE BRECCIATED ZONE BETWEEN 4-20 FT WIDE IN BLACK SLATE, QUARTZ CARRIES A LITTLE PYRITE AND GALENA
Deposit PRESENCE OF GOLD NOT CONFIRMED; MUST HAVE BEEN SOME OR WORKINGS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN LESS EXTENSIVE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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