The Quartz Creek Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Quartz Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Creek Prospect
Secondary: Quartz Creek Gold Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Tonsina
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA ON TENOR
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 37 LODE CLAIMS AND MILL SITE LOCATED BEFORE 1916; 6 CLAIMS PATENTED IN 1926; CLAIMS ABANDONED BY THE 1930'S
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY OPEN CUTS AND TWO TUNNELS, 175 FT AND 65 FT LONG; CURRENT CONDITIONS UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): CLOSELY FOLDED SLATE AND GRAYWACKE INTRUDED BY DIORITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: QUARTZ CR. PLACERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 41
Comment (Deposit): THIN QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE; AU PRESENT; ONE VEIN TRACED FOR 400 FT, 1 TO 2 FT THICK, TRENDING N 40 W WITH STEEP E DIP
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 179-180
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 866, P. 35-36
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 50
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 41
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-41
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