Pinochle Prospect

The Pinochle 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: Pinochle Prospect

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEINS AND LENSES

Form: VEINS AND LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Host Rock Is Closely Folded Along E-W Fold Aces

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VERTICAL FISSURE STRIKING N 30 TO 60 W, 4 TO 36 IN WIDE, CONTAINS VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF QUARTZ VEINS AND LENSES; CROSSCUT ENCOUNTERED VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE RUNNING N 85 W, 4 TO 12 IN WIDE WITH UP TO 12 IN QUARTZ VEIN; PYRITE IS ONLY VISIBLE SULFIDE

Comment (Workings): MORE THAN 200 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND SOME SURFACE STRIPPING DONE BETWEEN 1911 AND 1916; CURRENT CONDITION UNKNOWN

Comment (Geology): SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK IS N 67 W WITH 86 N DIP.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: RAMSEY RUTHERFORD MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 27. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): PYRITE IS ONLY VISIBLE SULFIDE

Comment (Development): FAIRLY WELL EXPLORED BY UNDERGROUND WORKINGS BY 1916; PROBABLY NOTECONOMIC DEPOSIT, SINCE NO POST 1916 WORK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DONE

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 153, 161-162

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 642, P. 143

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 190

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 35

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 27

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-27

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