The Alaska Gold Hill Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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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
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Alaska Gold Hill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alaska Gold Hill Prospect
Secondary: Black Diamond
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Port Valdez
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY CRETACEOUS METASEDIMENTS OF VALDEZ GROUP
Comment (Deposit): PRESENCE OF AU IS INFERRED FROM EXTENT OF WORKINGS DONE ON PROPERTY; SEE ALSO: THOMPSON-FORD ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): POSITION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 17 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): LOCATED 1910; DEVELOPMENT 1910-1917
Comment (Deposit): NO DATA ON DEPOSIT OTHER THAN DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS; PROBABLY AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN VALDEZ GROUP ROCKS
Comment (Workings): 605 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DRIVEN BY 1916; SOME SURFACE WORK ALSO; PRESENT CONDITION UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 152-153, 183
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 191
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 692, P. 151
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 20
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 17
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-17
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