Gossan Peak

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Tin, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161533
MAS/MILS ID 0020670198
Record type Site
Current site name Gossan Peak
Alternate or previous names Sheep Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -148.28616, 63.92403 (WGS84)
Elevation 1550
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 011 S 004 W 35 NWNENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -148.28616, 63.92403

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATABOUND
    Date of Last Modification 910524

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bonnifield District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the ownership information

  • BEAR CREEK MINING CO. DRILLED A 425-FT HOLE IN 1977 SHOWING 350 FT OF MINERALIZED CHERT AND SCHIST. BUMINES TESTING OF THIS DRILL CORE YIELDED AVERAGE GRADES OF 1.4% ZINC, 0.6% LEAD, 0.035% TIN, AND 0.3 OZ/TON SILVER. FROM THIS, BUMINES INFERS 5.5 MILLION LBS SN CONTAINED IN 750 FT OF EXPOSED MINERALIZATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 9256, 1989

  • Deposit

    BUMINES IC 9037, 1987

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ-805, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-AUG-1991 Buteyn U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.