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Mountain View Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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 10000818
MRDS ID A011470
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hickey Property
Related records 10112567

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.31284, 61.21877 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position OPPOSITE THE MOUTH OF BREVIER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PLOTTED USING USGS MF-438, LOC. 28 AND ASSUMING A POINT AT THE CENTER OF SEC. 33, T. 7 S., R. 6 W. 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
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.31284, 61.21877
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 70-80 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CONTAINS NUMEROUS FRAGMENTS OF SCHISTOSE GRAYWACKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL 30 FT DEEP AND SURFACE STRIPPING ON VEIN, PRESENT CONDITIONS UNKNOWN

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED PRIOR TO 1911 BY 30 FT TUNNEL; VEIN LOST IN TUNNEL; RESTAKED IN 1914 BY ROSS HICKEY; NOT KNOWN IF ANY LATER DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN 8 IN TO 3 FT THICK WITH 2 TO 3 IN STRINGERS EXTENDING INTO COUNTRY ROCK; SPARSLY MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE, GALENA AND VISIBLE GOLD
Deposit SEE ALSO: LITTLE GIANT, MOUNTAIN KING, ROSE, JULY, STAR ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (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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