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Williams Gentzler Mine

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000819
MRDS ID A011471
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Gentzler Mine
Alternate or previous names Ethel Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.2695, 61.21543 (WGS84)

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

  • LABELLED CASH MINE ON VALDEZ A7 QUADRANGLE, 1960 (MINOR REVISIONS 1970). 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 Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.2695, 61.21543
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip }
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN VALDEZ GROUP ROCKS; ROCK TYPE NOT SPECIFIED IN LITERATURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 100 FT OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING 30 FT DRIFT ON VEIN; ORE WAS TREATED ON 10 FT DIAMETER GASOLINE POWERED ARRASTRE WITH CAPACITY OF ABOUT 2 TONS/24 HOURS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION OR DEVELOPMENT REPORTED OVER SEVERAL YEARS BETWEEN 1910 AND 1928; PROBABLY WAS MINOR PRODUCTION SHORTLY BEFORE 1915

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS 18 TO 24 IN THICK CARRYING GOLD, PYRRHOTITE, PYRITE AND GALENA; ONE ORE SHOOT WAS 25 TO 30 FT LONG
Deposit SEE ALSO: BLUE RIBBON ; 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
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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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