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Gold Hill 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10002729
MRDS ID A015178
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Prospect
Related records 10135826

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.76979, 65.20096 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanana A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-371, LOC. 2. DEPOSIT ALONG NORTH BANK OF YUKON RIVER ABOUT .5 MILE WEST OF LANCASTER CREEK, ACCROSS FROM SWANSON ISLAND SPIT. 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 Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz Rusty

Analytical data

Result AU: .05 OZ./TON, AG: .3 OZ./TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Birch Creek Schist
    Rock description Birch Creek Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -152.76979, 65.20096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN REPORTED TO HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE BROKEN UNDERGROUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Melozitna

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • 110 FT. ADIT

Comments on development

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN 110 FT. ON VEIN ABOUT 1890 IN FIRST ATTEMPT AT LODE MINING IN INTERIOR ALASKA. NOT ENOUGH ORE TO ESTABLISH A MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2-3 FT. (AT SURFACE) WIDE VEIN OF SHEARED AND RUSTY QUARTZ IN LOWER PALEOZOIC MICACEOUS QUARTZ SCHIST. VEIN CONTAINED SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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