Indiana Prospect

The Indiana Prospect is a gold and copper 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: 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Comment (Location): LOCATION OBTAINED FROM UNPUBLISHED MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).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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