The Silver Pick Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Silver Pick Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Pick Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: 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
Type: Surface/Underground
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Leaching Of Brecciated Zones; Presence Of Melanterite
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.03-0.06 OZ/TON AU, 0.10-10.00 OZ/TON AG REPORTED BY GROSS (USBM) IN DAVIS, 1923, P. 126
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADGGS OF 98, P. 31, LOCATION 21 ON PLATE 2 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
Comment (Commodity): AG CONTENT INCREASES WITH GALENA CONTENT, SOME GALENA SAMPLES CARRY UP TO 300 OZ/TON AG, BULL 836, P 330
Comment (Development): WORK DONE IN 1961 DISCOVERED LARGE POTENTIAL TONNAGE BUT INVESTIGATOR WAS DISCOURAGED BY GENERAL LACK OF HIGH-GRADE ORE POCKETS, ADGGS OF 98, P. 31
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ CARBONATE VEINS UP TO 7 FT THICK AND A SHEAR ZONE 13 FT WIDE ARE MINERALIZED; 1200 TO 1400 TRACEABLE STRIKE LENGTH (IN FT)
Comment (Workings): 200 FT TUNNEL AND OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER SITES IN THE AREA SUSPECTED OF OCCUPYING THE SAME VEIN SYSTEM
Comment (Deposit): ON ADJACENT SILVER PICK #2 CLAIM IS A CAVED SHAFT 12 FT DEEP ON A 6 TO 7 FT QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN. OPEN CUT EXPOSES IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN 3 FT THICK WITH ATTITUDE N 88 E, 63 N DIP; SAMPLE FROM VEIN ASSAYED 0.14 OZ AU AND 0.1 OZ AG PER TON SEE ALSO: GALENA, FRANCIS, GOLD EAGLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 687, P. 105
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, 1923 IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922, JUNEAU: ALASKA, P. 124-126
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 836, P. 330
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OPEN FILE REPORT 98, P. 31 LOC. 21
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 83-12, P. 17
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