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Independent Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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 10093910
MRDS ID A010055
Record type Site
Current site name Independent Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.83793, 55.5289 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Karta River Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH ASSAYS OF FREE GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Keg
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 75
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY IS FOUND WITHIN ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN SHEAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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

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