Wagner Prospect

The Wagner Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wagner Prospect
Secondary: Boston King
Secondary: Salmon Creek Gold Mining Co.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
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

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA ON GOLD CONTENT

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rutile

Comments

Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: USGS OFR 85-7178 NO. J154; UNLABELLED SHAFT SYMBOL LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): 5 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS; FIRST TEST MILL INSTALLED 1905; LAST REPORTED ACTIVITY IN 1914

Comment (Deposit): FOUR 2-4 FT WIDE VEINS FOLLOW CONTACTS BETWEEN SLATE AND GREENSTONE (AMPHIBOLITE) DIKES; ONE 8 FT VEIN PRESENT; SULFIDES ARE ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME GALENA, SPHALERITE AND TETRAHEDRITE

Comment (Workings): 1150 FT OF DEVELOPMENT IN DRIFTS AND CROSSCUT; SOME SURFACE STRIPPING; PORTAL DESTROYED BY QUARRY OPERATIONS IN 1970'S-1980'S; 20-TON TUBULAR MILL REPORTED OPERATING IN 1914

Comment (Deposit): ALSO: PLACER WORKINGS AT MOUTH OF SALMON CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 287, P. 116-117

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 37

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 96, 101

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 167

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-154

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