The Falcon Arm Gold Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 184 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 184 Feet (56 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 57.55528, -135.92583
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Falcon Arm Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Falcon Arm Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
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
Discovery Year: 1916
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
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS B 929, PLATE 1 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Geology): GRAYWACKE, LIGHT-COLORED, FINE-GRAINED INTRUSIVE DIKE ROCK.
Comment (Development): FOUR CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1916 BY FALCON ARM MINING CO.. RELOCATED IN 1938 BY CARL BERGSTROM AND GUS GUSTAFSON. CROSSCUT AND DRIFT DRIVEN. NO RECORDED PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): GRAYWACKE CUT BY NUMEROUS DIKES 1-30 FT. THICK. CROSSCUT INTERSECTS NUMEROUS FAULTS STRIKING N 35 DEGREES W-N 30 DEGREES E, DIPPING STEEPLY W, WHICH CONTAIN QUARTZ VEINS AND STRINGERS UP TO 4 IN. THICK WITH GALENA, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, GOLD.
Comment (Workings): 2,260 FT. CROSSCUT DRIVEN S 59 DEGREES E. 1,200 FT. FROM PORTAL A 750 FT. DRIFT FOLLOWS N 24 DEGREES W TRENDING FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-450, P. 42 (1978)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 929, P. 118-119, PLATES 1, 3 (1941)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 692, P. 120 (1919)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-467, LOC. 42 (1972)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-929-PL-1
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