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Blue Ribbon 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. 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 10000820
MRDS ID A011472
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ribbon Prospect
Related records 10137063

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.25812, 61.20738 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI W OF VALDEZ BONANZA PROSPECT

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

  • POSITION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS MF-438, LOC. 31 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
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

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) -146.25812, 61.20738
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GENERALLY E-W ORIENTATION TO FOLIATION IN SLATE OF VALDEZ GROUP

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

  • NO DATA

Comments on development

  • VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT REPORTED; WORK WAS BETWEEN 1911 AND 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: WILLIAMS-GENTZLER PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN PARALLEL TO FOLIATION OF SLATE COUNTRY ROCK; TRACED FOR ABOUT 1000 FT; AT ITS WIDEST VEIN CONSISTS OF 8 IN AU-BEARING RIBBON QUARTZ AND 4-6 IN MASSIVE PYRITIFEROUS WHITE QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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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