Flora Gold Prospect

The Flora Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 679 feet.

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: 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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