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Sells Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000378
MRDS ID A010523
Record type Site
Current site name Sells Prospect
Alternate or previous names Reagan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.21563, 60.74066 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward C-4 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seward NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.21563, 60.74066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M
    Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • TEST SHIPMENT WAS MADE AROUND 1917, BUT IT IS NO KNOW HOW MUCH, IF ANY, GOLD WAS RETURNED

Comments on the workings information

  • NO INFORMATION OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS AND LENSES FROM 4 TO 59 INCHES WIDE PARALLEL SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK IN A ZONE 15 FEET WIDE. QUARTZ BODIES CLOSELY SPACED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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