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Wagner Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001306
MRDS ID A012045
Record type Site
Current site name Wagner Prospect
Alternate or previous names Boston King, Salmon Creek Gold Mining Co.
Related records 10233636

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.46534, 58.33197 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: USGS OFR 85-7178 NO. J154; UNLABELLED SHAFT SYMBOL 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
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA ON GOLD CONTENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Perseverance Slate
    Rock description Perseverance Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.46534, 58.33197
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike AVERAGE N 20 W
    Dip AVERAGE 40 NE
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 350.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1150 FT OF DEVELOPMENT IN DRIFTS AND CROSSCUT; SOME SURFACE STRIPPING; PORTAL DESTROYED BY QUARRY OPERATIONS IN 1970'S-1980'S; 20-TON TUBULAR MILL REPORTED OPERATING IN 1914

Comments on development

  • 5 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS; FIRST TEST MILL INSTALLED 1905; LAST REPORTED ACTIVITY IN 1914

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR 2-4 FT WIDE VEINS FOLLOW CONTACTS BETWEEN SLATE AND GREENSTONE (AMPHIBOLITE) DIKES; ONE 8 FT VEIN PRESENT; SULFIDES ARE ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME GALENA, SPHALERITE AND TETRAHEDRITE
Deposit ALSO: PLACER WORKINGS AT MOUTH OF SALMON CREEK ; 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

Beyond USGS

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

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