The California Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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California Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SEE: USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 2 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): EXPLORED IN LATE 1890'S TO EARLY 1900'S; 3 CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): TWO SEPARATE LODES: 3 FT ZONE OF MINERALIZED GREENSCHIST AT CONTACT WITH A GREENSTONE (AUGITE MELAPHYRE) HANGING WALL; OTHER LODE IS IN SLATE ABOVE A GREENSTONE FOOTWALL; ARSENOPYRITE, GALANA AND FREE (?) GOLD PRESENT IN QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINLETS
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY AT LEAST TWO TUNNELS; LONGEST WAS 160 FT
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS SLATE, GREENSCHIST, BRECCIA AND A GREENSTONE UNIT DESCRIBED AS AN AUGITE MELAPHYRE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: GOLD STANDARD ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 34
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 502, P. 46-47
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 84-572, P. 164, NO. 51
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 128
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-115
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