Hanlon Gold Prospect

The Hanlon Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Hanlon Gold Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1933
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: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): USGS B 929, PLATE 1; USGS MF-467, LOC. 30 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): NO DATA GIVEN ON PRECIOUS METAL CONTENT, BUT GOLD LIKELY TO BE PRESENT

Comment (Workings): 25 FT. LONG, 12 FT. DEEP CUT IN CLIFF ON BEACH; 50 FT. LONG TRENCH, CAVED IN AS OF 1941.

Comment (Deposit): NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF GOLD IN USGS B 929, P. 132, BUT PRESENCE OF WORKINGS AND OF PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE IN QUARTZ VEINS INDICATES PRESENCE OF GOLD IS LIKELY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): CLAIM STAKED BY HANLON IN 1933, CUT IN CLIFF AND TRENCH MADE.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ A FEW IN. THICK PRESENT IN FAULT IN GRAYWACKE IN CUT IN CLIFF ON BEACH. PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE IN QUARTZ, WHICH IS LIKELY INDICATION OF PRESENCE OF GOLD.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 929, P. 132, PLATES 1, 3 (1941)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-450, P. 56 (1978)

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-467, LOC. 30 (1972)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-929-PL-1

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