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Baney Gold 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10002364
MRDS ID A013282
Record type Site
Current site name Baney Gold Prospect
Related records 10137073

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.10869, 57.62082 (WGS84)
Elevation 48
Relative position 2.9 MI S OF CHICHAGOF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka C-7 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 B 929, PLATE 1; USGS MF-467, LOC. 38; USGS MF-1476-B, LOC. 19 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 14 IN. THICK VEINLET REPORTED TO CARRY 0.5 OZ/TON AU-REF.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Sitka Graywacke
    Rock description Sitka Graywacke
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.10869, 57.62082
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Graywacke Strikes N 65 Degrees W, Dips 70 Degrees Sw

Ore body information

  • Strike FAULT-N 55 DEGREES W, VEINLETS-N 45 DEGREES E
    Dip FAULT-50 DEGREES-75 DEGREES SW, VEINLETS-80 DEGREES NW
    Length 167.64M
    Width 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

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
    Overall depth 6.71M
    Overall length 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • 22 FT. DEEP SHAFT, FLOODED AS OF 1938. LARGE NUMBER OF PROSPECT CUTS, PITS, TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS HELD BY W.D. BANEY AS OF 1938. SHAFT SUNK, PROSPECT PITS, CUTS, TRENCHES DUG. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 929, P. 120-121, PLATE 1, 3 (1941)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 14 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-467, LOC. 38 (1972)

  • Other Database

    BAG-B-929-PL-1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT AND PROSPECT OPENINGS EXPOSE FAULT FOR 550 FT. IN GRAYWACKE. QUARTZ VEINLETS IN FOOTWALL OF FAULT, UP TO 14 IN. THICK, CONTAIN GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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