The St. Louis Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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St. Louis Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Louis Prospect
Secondary: Summit Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: 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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: 6 In Alteration Halo Around Ore Body On St. Louis Claim; No Alteration On Summit Claim
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE BODY ON ST. LOUIS CLAIM REPORTED TO AVERAGE 1/4 OZ/TON AU, USGSOFR 84-572, P. 168, NO. 62
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Location): USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 15 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): ST. LOUIS CLAIM: SHEAR ZONE 7 FT WIDE COMPOSED OF QUARTZ FRAGMENTS IN A MATRIX OF ALTERED DIORITE; ORE ZONE 40 FT LONG, 4 FT THICK CONTAINING ARSENOPYRITE AND RARE GALENA AND PYRITE; SUMMIT CLAIM: ARSENOPYRITE AND FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ VEIN 6-8 IN THICK, 30 FT LONG WHICH CUTS ACROSS LAYERING IN QUARTZ DIORITE GNEISS
Comment (Workings): 30 FT SHAFT SUNK IN EARLY 1900'S ON SUMMIT VEIN; 21 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS AND 5 PLACER CLAIMS IN AREA
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MITCHELL AND MCPHERSON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 159
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 84-572, P. 168, NO. 62
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 144
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-131
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 502, P. 52
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