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Gunnysack Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony
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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 10001135
MRDS ID A011826
Record type Site
Current site name Gunnysack Creek Prospect
Related records 10282861

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.83942, 63.52745 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 79-238, FIG. 3, LOC. 6 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
Antimony Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU CONTENT TOO LOW FOR PROFITABLE EXTRACTION IN 1911; AU AT 20.67 DOLLARS/FINE OZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Birch Creek Schist
    Rock description Birch Creek Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.83942, 63.52745
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike SW
    Dip 70 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delta River

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY 30-FT TUNNEL; DRIVEN IN 1916

Comments on development

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN IN 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 501, P. 54

  • Deposit

    ALASKA TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERALS PAMPHLET NO. 1, P. 12

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 37, LOC. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LOW GRADE AU AND STIBNITE BEARING QUARTZ VEIN UP TO 6 M THICK; ALSO: STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ STRINGERS PARALLEL TO MAIN VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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