Mountain View Prospect

The Mountain View Prospect is a gold 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: Mountain View Prospect
Secondary: Hickey Property

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead

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

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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): EXPLORED PRIOR TO 1911 BY 30 FT TUNNEL; VEIN LOST IN TUNNEL; RESTAKED IN 1914 BY ROSS HICKEY; NOT KNOWN IF ANY LATER DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRED

Comment (Location): PLOTTED USING USGS MF-438, LOC. 28 AND ASSUMING A POINT AT THE CENTER OF SEC. 33, T. 7 S., R. 6 W. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN 8 IN TO 3 FT THICK WITH 2 TO 3 IN STRINGERS EXTENDING INTO COUNTRY ROCK; SPARSLY MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE, GALENA AND VISIBLE GOLD

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL 30 FT DEEP AND SURFACE STRIPPING ON VEIN, PRESENT CONDITIONS UNKNOWN

Comment (Geology): VEIN CONTAINS NUMEROUS FRAGMENTS OF SCHISTOSE GRAYWACKE

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: LITTLE GIANT, MOUNTAIN KING, ROSE, JULY, STAR ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 520, P. 126

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 167-168

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 28

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 23

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-23

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