Bosart Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000599
MRDS ID A011205
Record type Site
Current site name Bosart Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.90122, 63.56846 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "CONSIDERABLE" TETRAHEDRITE REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO ASSAYS AVERAGED 230 OZ AG/TON, ADGGS OFR 98, P. 33

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.90122, 63.56846

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kantishna Antiform

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Otto Bosart

Mining district

District name Kantishna District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 400000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 2275.7947 g/mt Silver Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS 25 FT APART AND A SHAFT; ALL CAVED OR FILLED WITH WATER BY 1931

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING GALENA SILVER PROSPECTS IN THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 150 FT OF VEIN IS EXPOSED ALONG STRIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

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.