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Gold Standard 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001289
MRDS ID A012023
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Standard Prospect
Related records 10233956

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.89426, 58.66725 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • SEE: USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 1 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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ACROSS 4.5 FT WIDTH CONTAINED ABOUT 0.3 OZ/TON AU, USGS OFR 84-572, P. 164, NO. 51

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.89426, 58.66725
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE COMMENTS FOR CALIFORNIA PROSPECT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN IN EARLY 1900'S

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S; 3 CLAIMS; MAY HAVE BEEN SOME EXPLORATORY WORK DONE IN 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: CALIFORNIA, DIVIDEND, CASCADE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGER LODE 2 TO 6 FT THICK IN SLATE NEXT TO GREENSTONE FOOTWALL CARRIES ARSENOPYRITE AND SPARSE GALENA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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