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Alaska Rand Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10001347
MRDS ID A012088
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Rand Prospect
Related records 10258174

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.7409, 58.16918 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau A-3 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Admiralty Island(hydrologic unit)

Central 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

  • APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J067 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
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0-1 PPM AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.7409, 58.16918
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 85 W
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 27.43M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHYLLITES, SCHISTS AND FOLIATED GREENSTONE; STRIKE N 25 W, DIP 60 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY TRENCHES AND 25 FT CROSSCUT; 7 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS, 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE WHITE QUARTZ LENSES 1-6 FT WIDE, UP TO 90 FT LONG; SPARSE PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE IN BANDED WHITE AND CLEAR QUARTZ WITH SOME CARBONATE AND IN ALTERED PHYLLITE
Deposit LOCATION MAY BE SAME AS ALASKA EMPIRE ; 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
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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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