Treasury Hill Prospect

The Treasury Hill 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: Treasury Hill Prospect
Secondary: Spaulding Prospect
Secondary: Auk Group, Gold Knob, Shooting Star

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Auke Bay

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: APPARENTLY BARREN VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS UP TO 4 PPM AU, ALTERED DIKE ROCK CONTAINS ABOUT 1-2 PPM AU, USGS OFR 85-717, P. 153

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ARSENOPYRITE IS MAJOR SULFIDE

Comment (Location): SEE: USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 19 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): 50 FT BY 800 FT ZONE ON HANGING WALL OF ALTERED GABBRO DIKE CONTAINS ARSENOPYRITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 1 FT WIDE, VEINLETS OF CALCITE AND ALBITE, AND LOCAL DISSEMINATIONS OF ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE; NEARBY LARGE QUARTZ MASSES CONTAIN FREE GOLD, ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE; GALENA REPORTED FROM TREASURY HILL CLAIM; SOME PYRITE DISSEMINATED IN DIKE

Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY SURFACE TRENCHES AND A SHORT TUNNEL; 20 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS AND 12 PLACER CLAIMS IN AREA

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS IN ALTERED GABBRO DIKE CUTTING SLATE, GREENSTONE AND GREENSCHIST COUNTRY ROCK OF THE CRETACEOUS TO JURASSIC TREADWELL SLATE

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: PETERSON MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): DISCOVERED 1908; 8 TO 10 CLAIMS; MOST OR ALL WORK DONE IN 1909

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 502, P. 55-58

Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ-100

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 84-572, P. 169, NO. 72

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 153

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-140

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