McKallick Placer

The McKallick Placer 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: McKallick Placer

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: Surface

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

Name: Peat
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Augite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hypersthene
Gangue: Plagioclase

Comments

Comment (Commodity): GOLD GRAINS ENCLOSED OR WERE ENCLOSED BY QUARTZ. ONE GRAIN ENCLOSED PYRITE CRYSTAL.

Comment (Location): USGS B 929, PLATE 1; USGS MF-467, LOC. 72 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION, THOUGH THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME.

Comment (Deposit): SMALL BROOK FLOWING OVER MUSKEG HAS UP TO 8 FT. OF PEAT AND MUCK COVERING ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF GRAYWACKE. GRAYWACKE BEDROCK IS HARD AND IRREGULAR. DEPOSIT IS ELUVIAL, AS SHOWN BY ANGULARITY OF ROCK AND GOLD.

Comment (Workings): GROUND OPENED INCOMPLETELY ALONG CREEK FOR LENGTH OF 50 FT., WIDTH OF 20 FT., DEPTH OF 8 FT..

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: CRETACEOUS GRAYWACKE OF SITKA GRAYWACKE ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD IS PROBABLY NEARBY LODE CONCEALED BY DENSE VEGETATION AND SWAMPS, SINCE GOLD CANNOT HAVE TRAVELED FAR, AS INDICATED BY ANGULARITY OF GOLD.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT VERY SLIGHT, AREA SWAMPY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 929, P. 124, 124, PLATES 1, 3 (1941)

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-467, LOC. 72 (1972)

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

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