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Yellow Jacket Gold 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002429
MRDS ID A013350
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.30276, 57.59058 (WGS84)
Elevation 651
Relative position 1.3 MI. SE OF HEAD OF WINDHAM BAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sumdum C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sumdum N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sumdum(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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)

Chuck River 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 1525, FIGS. 26, 31, 41 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 Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM REF. 1, TABLE 17, SAMPLES 4K056-57

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 11.0 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE: 0.3 PPM AU, 0.7 PPM AG. 8.0 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE IN OPEN CUT: 1 PPM AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.30276, 57.59058
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Of Schist Strikes N 15 Degrees W, N 55 Degrees W, Dips 70 Degrees Sw, 50 Degrees Ne

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N 15 DEGREES W, N 55 DEGREES W
    Dip 70 DEGREES SW, 50 DEGREES NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Petersburg

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT. ADIT, 10 FT. ADIT, 15 FT. BY 15 FT. OPEN CUT, 3,000 FT. TRAM FROM MINE TO STAMP MILL ON S SIDE OF SPRUCE CREEK.

Comments on development

  • TRAM AND MILL BUILT IN 1900, TUNNELING IN 1903 BY YELLOW JACKET MINING CO.. NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION. ABANDONED 1904.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1525, P. 127, 131, FIGS. 26, 31, 41, TABLES 14, 17, PLATES 1, 3, (1984)

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 91-86 P. 17, 24, 29 (1986)

  • Other Database

    BAG-B-1525-FIGS-26-31-41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHYLLITE SCHIST WITH QUARTZ PODS, SEAMS, VEINS PARALLEL TO FOLIATION.
Deposit PRESENCE OF TRAM AND MILL INDICATES SOME PRODUCTION WAS LIKELY, BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF ANY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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