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Unnamed (at head of Goat Hollow)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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
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  9. Mining district
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308243
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (at head of Goat Hollow)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.86212, 59.44975 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at an elevation of approximately 5,400 feet on the ridge at the head of the Goat Hollow drainage. It is about 3.7 miles, N20E from the village of Klukwan in the NE1/4, section 15, T. 28 S., R. 56 E. of the Copper River Meridian. It is in the approximate center of a line of samples, numbers 766 to 771, shown on sheet 2 of Gilbert and others (1991) and is included within the area of number 29 on sheet 1 of Still and others (1991).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.86212, 59.44975
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Still and others (1991) informally refer to this as the 'Goat Hollow' occurrence. They collected a sample from a chalcopyrite-bornite lens about 0.5 feet in width that contained 15.052 ppm gold, 54.2 ppm silver and, 21.8% copper. Other bedrock and float samples collected at this locality contained up to 0.72 ppm gold, 4.1 ppm silver, and 1.2% copper (samples F103 to F105 of sheet 1 and samples 766 to 771 of sheet 2 of Gilbert and others, 1991). Sample descriptions by Gilbert and others (1991) include foliated diorite and pyroxenite, diorite, monzodiorite, and ultramafic rock with feldspar veinlets. In the area of the anomalous samples, Gilbert and others (1987) have mapped a steep fault that strikes northwesterly and separates Cretaceous diorite and quartz diorite to the southwest from Cretaceous monzodiorite and quartz monzodiorite to the northeast. They consider the monzodiorite and quartz monzodiorite to be part of the compositionally zoned, Kashagnak pluton of Redman and others (1984), but believe the diorite and quartz diorite are older. It is unclear if the mineralization is related to the faulting or to a particular intrusive rock unit. If the deposit is related to the intrusives, the mineralization is Cretaceous or younger in age.
  • Age = If the deposit is related to intrusive rocks, the mineralization is Cretaceous or younger in age.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Juneau (Skagway subdistrict)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Still and others, 1991

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-01 T.C. Crafford T. Crafford & Associates

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