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Purdy Prospect

Past Producer 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. 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 10002677
MRDS ID A015118
Record type Site
Current site name Purdy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.94713, 64.10031 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.5-3 MILES NORTH OF CHICKEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 13. DEPOSIT ON THE RIDGE BETWEEN STONEHOUSE CR. AND MYERS FORK. 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.94713, 64.10031
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Fred And Arthur Purdy

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • ONE RICH VEIN FOUND. EXTENSIVE PROSPECTING EXPOSED ONLY A FEW ADDITIONAL THIN DISCONTINUOUS CALCITE VEINLETS. A LITTLE GOLD HAS BEEN MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN 6 FT. DEEP CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEIN CUTTING PHYLLITE. A FEW OTHER DISCONTINUOUS CALCITE VEINLETS CONTAIN SPECKS OF GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (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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