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South-Side 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094078
MRDS ID A013248
Record type Site
Current site name South-Side Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.21343, 57.83888 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3 MI. N OF GOLDING HARBOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sitka D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sitka W OE(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)

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 MF-467, LOC. 13 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ASSAYS MADE, BUT "MATERIAL REPORTED TO PAN WELL"-USGS B 773, P. 123

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) KJdg
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 91.44M
    Width 0.51M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chichagof

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8-10 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN INTO VEIN.

Comments on development

  • GROUP OF CLAIMS OWNED BY PINTA BAY MINING CO. ABOUT 1923, ON RAILROAD TRAMWAY TO COBOL MINE. TUNNEL DRIVEN. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-467, LOC. 13 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 773, P. 123 (1925)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-450, P. 96 (1978)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-467-13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN 20 IN. WIDE AND 300 FT. LONG REPORTED TO CONTAIN GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-87 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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