The Arkansas Prospect is a silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Arkansas Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arkansas Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1921
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Antiform Cut By Ne And Nw Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE ACROSS 5 FT QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINED 90 OZ/TON AG, DAVIS, 1923, P. 132
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 22
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS REPORTED AS SULFIDES OF LEAD, ANTIMONY AND SPHALERITE
Comment (Location): PLOTTED FROM ADGGS OFR 98, PLATE 2, LOC. 45. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE ABOUT 14 FT WIDE COMPOSED OF 3 BANDS OF QUARTZ & SULPHIDES 1.5 TO 5 FT THICK SEPARATED BY BANDS OF SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: PENSION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): ALL OPENINGS CAVED IN 1931; BULLDOZER TRENCHING BY 1975
References
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, AK, IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU,AK, P. 132
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-F, P. 374
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 9, 35
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 45 LOC. 15
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 22
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