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High Grade Prospect

Past Producer 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. 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 10097506
MRDS ID A011467
Record type Site
Current site name High Grade Prospect
Alternate or previous names Golden Sunlight
Related records 10210126

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.33478, 61.19627 (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-7(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS MF-438, LOC. 26. 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 Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU MAINLY IN SULFIDES; ONLY SULFIDES LISTED IN LITERATURE ARE PYRITE AND GALENA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.33478, 61.19627
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip }
    Thickness 0.18M
  • Dip }
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS AND CRUSHED GRAYWACKE IN SHEAR ZONES ARE IRON STAINED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, 140 FT AND 60 FT LONG, DRIVEN BEFORE 1915; CURRENT CONDITIONS UNKNOWN

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION; PROSPECTING ACTIVITY WAS BEFORE 1915

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS UP TO 8 IN THICK IN SHEAR ZONES 1 TO 3 FT WIDE; REPORTED TO BE TRACEABLE OVER 1/2 MI
Deposit SEE ALSO: 45 PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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.

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