Battle Lake Gold Lode Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094069
MRDS ID A013048
Record type Site
Current site name Battle Lake Gold Lode Prospect
Related records 10258626

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.88398, 59.10606 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.3 Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iliamna A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iliamna SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iliamna C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Iliamna(hydrologic unit)

Kvichak-Port Heiden(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Katmai National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • MF-364 LOCATION 18 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
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES CONTAIN 14.18-1,247 G/TON AU, 227-5,783 G/TON AG, SEVERAL % CU
Result USGS B1368-B, P. B79

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.88398, 59.10606

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 300M
    Width 2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN CUTS PROPYLITIZED INTERBEDDED VOLCANIC BRECCIA AND DACITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer Ernest Plaff

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • DIAMOND DRILLING UNDERTAKEN IN 1965

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLING UNDERTAKEN IN 1965, RESULTS NOT ENCOURAGING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-364, LOCATION 18 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 81-1343A, P. A3 (1981)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1368-B, P. B78-B79 (1980)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-364-18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN WITH FREE GOLD LOCALLY, SILVER SULPHOSALT, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE. MINERALIZATION IS EXCEEDINGLY SPORADIC AND RESULTS OF DIAMOND DRILLING ARE NOT ENCOURAGING. FURTHER PROSPECTING OF AREA IS WARRANTED, ACCORDING TO USGS B1368-B, P. 79 (1980) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN WITH VISIBLE FREE GOLD LOCALLY, SILVER SULPHOSALT, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, MALACHITE; MINERALIZATION EXCEEDINGLY SPORADIC; WIDTH VARIES FROM A FEW CM TO 2M, STRIKE LENGTH AT LEAST 300M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-SEP-94 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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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