The West 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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West Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Prospect
Secondary: Gold Bug
Secondary: Golden Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): MOST OR ALL DEVELOPMENT BEFORE 1920.
Comment (Workings): 125 FT ADIT.
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK STRIKE AND DIP: N 32 DEGREES W, 25 DEGREES SW
Comment (Deposit): ON SAME VEIN AS NEW ERA TUNNEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): AURIFEROUS QUARTZ-FELDSPAR VEIN 6 IN - 6 FT WIDE; IRON-STAINED AND FRACTURED; CONTAINS MINOR PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE; FE-STAINED, INTENSELY ALTERED SCHIST ADJACENT TO VEIN CARRIES AU.
Comment (Commodity): SOME AU PROBABLY IN SULFIDES
Comment (Location): USGS MF-247, LOC. 3. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 592, P. 401.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 434.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 241.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-247, LOC. 3.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 124.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-47
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