North Star Prospect

The North Star Prospect is a silver mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: North Star Prospect
Secondary: Dalton Group Claims: Star, Jumbo, Caribou, Polly Wonder
Secondary: Dalton Group: Claims: Star
Secondary: Jumbo
Secondary: Caribou
Secondary: Polly Wonder

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead

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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: REPORTED TO HAVE ASSAYED 60 OZ/TON AG, DAVIS, 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION...

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM SKETCH MAP OF QUIGLEY HILL CLAIMS, USGS BULL 849-F, PLATE 29. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): 6 IN STRINGER

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT WORK DONE IN EARLY 20'S

Comment (Geology): PROBABLY IN VEIN CUTTING BIRCH CREEK ROCKS

Comment (Deposit): RELATED: POLLY WONDER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-F, PLATE 29

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 722, P. 53

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. 125

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 6

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