Arkansas Prospect

The Arkansas Prospect is a silver mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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