Benito Creek Prospect

The Benito Creek Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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: 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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