The Bessie 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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Bessie Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bessie Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Eagle River
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
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: HIGH-GRADE VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED 18 PPM AU WITH TRACES OF AS, ZN AND CD
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GREENSTONE DESCRIBED AS ANDESITIC TUFF IN USGS BULL 287, P. 133. GREENSTONE CONGLOMERATE CUT BY SMALL GABBRO AND BASALT DIKES.
Comment (Location): SEE: USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 4 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): VERTICAL QUARTZ VEIN 1-5 FT THICK, AVERAGING 3 FT, CARRIES ARSENOPYRITE, SOME PYRITE, FREE GOLD AND RARE GALENA AND SPHALERITE; TRACED 1600 FT, VERTICAL EXTENT 600-800 FT
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1905: 360 FT TUNNEL, 124 FT TUNNEL AND 161 FT SHAFT; CAVED
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: ALASKA-WASHINGTON, AURORA BOREALIS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S; A FEW TONS OF ORE SHIPPED FOR TESTING; NO RECORDED COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 287, P. 133
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 35
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 502, P. 48
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 84-572, P. 164, NO. 52
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 132
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-119
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