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Billy Goat

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136672
MAS/MILS ID 0021110002
Record type Site
Current site name Billy Goat
Alternate or previous names Lituya Bay Gold, Billy Goat No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -137.48542, 58.6414 (WGS84)
Elevation 530
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Fairweather NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 037 S 048 E 28 NE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -137.48542, 58.6414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 3HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #2 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 830408

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 111-062

  • Deposit

    B1058B pp. 57-58

  • Deposit

    P632 p. 61

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 pp. 33-34

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 p. C94

Comments on the references

  • RATAJ, 1976, NOTES FROM RECORDERS OFFICE (USBM UNPB NOTES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACES OF COPPER PRESENT. CLAIM LAPSED NO CURRENT OWNER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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