Falcon Arm Gold Prospect

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

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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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