The Indiana Prospect is a gold and copper mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Indiana Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indiana Prospect
Secondary: Alaska Gold Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Berners Bay
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Discovery Year: 1896
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: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 10 FT WIDE VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS CARRYING PYRITE AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE; SOME AU-BEARING STRINGERS REPORTED, BUT NO PRODUCTION
Comment (Location): LOCATION OBTAINED FROM UNPUBLISHED MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): DEVELOPED 1896-1911; EXPLORED AS A POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF COMET ANDJUALIN MINES
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2900 FT OF WORKINGS IN 3 TUNNELS; 10-STAMP MILL
Comment (Geology): DIORITE SHEARED TO GREENSCHIST.
Comment (Deposit): APPARENTLY NO WORKABLE ORE, MILL ON PROPERTY WAS NEVER USED; SEE ALSO: JUALIN MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 34
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 446, P. 44
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J103
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-103
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