Curly Kidney Prospect

The Curly Kidney 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: 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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