The Flora Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 679 feet.
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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
Elevation: 679 Feet (207 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 57.66306, -136.10778
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Flora Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flora Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chichagof
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Graywacke Bedding Strikes N 57 Degrees W, Dips 66 Degrees Sw
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: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NO DATA ON METAL CONTENT, BUT GOLD WAS PROBABLY PRESENT.
Comment (Location): USGS B 929, PLATE 1, USGS MF-467, LOC. 33 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): 1 PATENTED CLAIM, SURROUNDED BY MCKALLICK CHICHAGOF MINES, INC. AS OF 1938. ONE TUNNEL DRIVEN. NO KNOWN PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG FAULT IN SHALY GRAYWACKE. FAULT CONTAINS QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN UP TO 1 FT. THICK, WITH SEVERAL SMALL VEINLETS MERGING INTO FAULT. NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF GOLD AS MINERAL.
Comment (Workings): 90 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF GOLD CONTENT BY USGS B 929, P. 132, BUT IN VIEW OF AMOUNT OF WORK AND FACT THAT CLAIM WAS PATENTED, IT IS PROBABLE THAT SOME GOLD IS PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 929, P. 132, PLATES 1, 3 (1941)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-450, P. 43 (1978)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-467, LOC. 33 (1972)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-929-PL-1
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