Florence Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000605
MRDS ID A011212
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Prospect
Alternate or previous names Florence Lode
Related records 10282064

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.914, 63.5604 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT THE 3500 FT LEVEL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WICKERSHAM DOME. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DESCRIBED AS HIGH GRADE ORE SHOOT WITH VISIBLE POLYBASITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Polybasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.914, 63.5604

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna Mining Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI83-12, P. 17

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY A TRENCH AND SHAFT; BOTH CAVED IN 1931

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPOSED FOR 35 FT ALONG STRIKE, VEIN RANGES FROM 1.5 TO 3 FT IN THICKNESS

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

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