The Curly Kidney Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Curly Kidney Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Curly Kidney 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
Type: 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
Form: LENSES
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA OTHER THAN PRESENCE OF AU IN QUARTZ
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 25 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN BEFORE 1918
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: ORION PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE 2 TO 4 FT WIDE CONTAINS PYRITE IN THIN QUARTZ STRINGERSAND SHEARED COUNTRY ROCK; ANOTHER PARALLEL SHEAR 2 TO 10 FT WIDE CONTAINS UP TO 3 FT OF QUARTZ IN LENSES AND STRINGERS
Comment (Geology): GRAYWACKE WITH MINOR ARGILLITE.
Comment (Location): POSITION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 31 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): ONLY DEVELOPMENT WAS 25 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN ON SHEAR ZONE BEFORE 1918; LOCATED IN 1910 BY E. ROHRBACK
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 692, P. 172
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 39
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 31
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-31
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