The Unnamed Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 20 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 20 Feet (6 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 54.93333, -132.21111
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Major Northward Trending Fault Is Nearby
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SOUTH ARM OF MOIRA SOUND LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): VEINS AND VEINLETS IN FAULT ZONE
Comment (Workings): SOME OPEN CUTS
Comment (Deposit): GOLD CONTENT WAS TOO LOW FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1154, P.95, 100
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 78-863, P.19
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