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Unnamed (on Glacier Creek)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308255
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (on Glacier Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.33214, 59.40974 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is on the east bank of Glacier Creek at an elevation of 1,000 feet. It is in the NW1/4, section 36, T. 28 S., R. 53 E. of the Copper River Meridian. It is shown as number 8 on sheet 1 by Still and others (1991).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.33214, 59.40974
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Still and others (1991) describe this prospect as a 10-foot-long adit driven along a pyrite-bearing shear zone in limestone. Samples from the adit and its vicinity contained up to 0.59 ppm gold, 3 ppm silver, 1,100 ppm zinc, 550 ppm copper, and 140 ppm lead. The limestone unit is Paleozoic (MacKevett and others, 1974) possibly, Late Pennsylvanian or Early Permian (Eakin, 1919).
  • Age = Probably Late Paleozoic or younger based on the age of the limestone (MacKevett and others, 1974; Eakin, 1919).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Juneau (Skagway subdistrict)

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A 10-foot-long adit was driven on a pyrite-bearing shear zone in limestone (Still and others, 1991).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Still and others, 1991

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Mineralized shear zone in limestone.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-01 T.C. Crafford T. Crafford & Associates

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