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Bessie Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001294
MRDS ID A012030
Record type Site
Current site name Bessie Prospect
Related records 10160926

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.86954, 58.59031 (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. 4 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
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED 18 PPM AU WITH TRACES OF AS, ZN AND CD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.86954, 58.59031
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 E
    Dip APPROX. 90
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 487.68M
    Width 243.84M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE DESCRIBED AS ANDESITIC TUFF IN USGS BULL 287, P. 133. GREENSTONE CONGLOMERATE CUT BY SMALL GABBRO AND BASALT DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juneau/Eagle River

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 196.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1905: 360 FT TUNNEL, 124 FT TUNNEL AND 161 FT SHAFT; CAVED

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S; A FEW TONS OF ORE SHIPPED FOR TESTING; NO RECORDED COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERTICAL QUARTZ VEIN 1-5 FT THICK, AVERAGING 3 FT, CARRIES ARSENOPYRITE, SOME PYRITE, FREE GOLD AND RARE GALENA AND SPHALERITE; TRACED 1600 FT, VERTICAL EXTENT 600-800 FT
Deposit SEE ALSO: ALASKA-WASHINGTON, AURORA BOREALIS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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