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Tacoma 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001296
MRDS ID A012033
Record type Site
Current site name Tacoma Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bonanza
Related records 10258325

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.90344, 58.71086 (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

  • UNPUBLISHED MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE IS ONLY MINERAL REPORTED; WORKINGS ON PROPERTY SUGGEST AT LEAST SOME AU WAS PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.90344, 58.71086
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS SLATE STRIKING N 60 W, DIPPING NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT ADIT AND SEVERAL SMALL WORKINGS; 3 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO E-W STRIKING, N-DIPPING QUARTZ VEINS AND OVERLYING STRINGER ZONE STRONGLY PYRITIZED; TWO SIMILAR 8 FT WIDE VEINS AND STRINGER ZONES OCCUR NEARBY
Deposit PRESENCE OF AU UNCERTAIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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