The Benito Creek Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Benito Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Benito Creek Prospect
Secondary: Canning Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
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
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FREE AU CARRIES ALLOYED AY
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED 1912 OR 1913; MOST ACTIVITY IN EARLY 1920'S WHEN OVERBURDEN WAS SLUICED OFF AND TEST PITS WERE SUNK; APPARENT POST-1950 ACTIVITY
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS WITH FREE AU, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE; MAIN VEIN: 2 TO 3 FT WIDE, AVE. 30 IN, STRIKE OF N 30 W WITH 70 TO 75 E DIP; SIMILAR, SMALLER VEINS AT PROSPECT HAVE HAD VERY LITTLE EXPLORATION
Comment (Workings): VEIN WAS EXPOSED BY GROUND SLUICING AND TEST PITS FOR OVER 600 FT ALONG STRIKE
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS RELATED SPATIALLY AND PROBABLY TEMPORALLY TO UPPER JURASSIC PLUTONS. GABBRO INTRUDING ALTERED, SHEARED BASALT. SKOLAI GROUP; METAVOLCANICS WITH GABBROIC INTRUSIVES.
Comment (Deposit): MOFFIT, 1924, (USGS BULL 755) LISTS HOST ROCK AS STRELNA FORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 59. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892A
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-59
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 47
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 74
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 59
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 115
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 714, P. 193-194
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 745, P. 142-143, 146
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 755, P. 69
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