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West Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Copper, Silver, 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. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001739
MRDS ID A012523
Record type Site
Current site name West Hill Prospect
Alternate or previous names Relief, Chester

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.69644, 58.55948 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taku River C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Taku River(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

  • USGS OFR 85-717, MPA NO. T003 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
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.69644, 58.55948
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juneau

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 130-FT TUNNEL, MINOR CROSSCUTS, TRENCHING

Comments on development

  • 8 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS; 2 PATENTED MILLSITES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 51, P. 57, FIG. 4, NO. 9

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 85-717, P. 312, NO. T003

  • Other Database

    BAG-OFR-85-717-T003

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 1-10 FT WIDE, AVERAGE 2 FT, CONTAINING SPHALERITE, PYRRHOTITE, AND MINOR PYRITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE; LOW AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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