Unnamed Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001719
MRDS ID A012503
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.21668, 64.37444 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Delta B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • MINE SYMBOL ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP (BIG DELTA B1 QUAD.) BETWEEN WOLVER INE AND ANTIMONY CREEKS; SEE USBM OFR 14-70, FIG. 5 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.21668, 64.37444

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR CONTACT WITH GNEISSIC COUNTRY ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodpaster/Tibbs Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND NUMEROUS SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 14-70, P. 11, FIG.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH AU ASSAY IN FLOAT OF CRYTOCRYSTALLINE VEIN QUARTZ WITH UNIDE NTIFIED SULFIDES; DOWNSLOPE FROM 2-FT WIDE VEIN IN PLACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.