Yakima Prospect

The Yakima 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: Yakima Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: CHIP SAMPLES OVER 2 TO 5 FT WIDTH CONTAINED LESS THAN 1% ZN AND TRACE TO .55 PPM AU, USGS OFR 85-717, P. 215

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS AND QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST CONTAIN 1-2% DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND TRACES OF SPHALERITE AND GALENA; PART OF ALTERED AND PYRITIZED ZONE 300 FT WIDE AND A MILE LONG

Comment (Workings): PROSPECTED BY A SHAFT AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS PRIOR TO 1904; NOW CAVED

Comment (Geology): ALTERNATING SERIES OF SLATE AND GREENSTONE BEDS CONTAIN ALTERED ANDMINERALIZED ZONE 300 FT BY 1 MI; COUNTRY ROCK IS ALTERED TO QUARTZ-SERICITE-PYRITE SCHIST

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: JERSEY CITY, ALASKA TREASURE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): AU DETECTED IN ANALYSIS

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717, NO.J199 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): ACTIVE CLAIMS IN EARLY 1900'S AND AS RECENTLY AS 1983; DEVELOPMENTWORK WAS DONE BEFORE 1904

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 225, P. 41

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 287, P. 92

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 40

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P. 54

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 215

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-199

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