Billy Basin Gold-Silver-Lead Prospect

The Billy Basin Gold-Silver-Lead Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Billy Basin Gold-Silver-Lead Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chichagof

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MILL TESTS SHOWED $7/TON (0.339 OZ/TON IN 1898) AU, $1/TON AG-USGS OF 78-450, P. 18

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ IN RETICULATED ZONE 2.5 FT. THICK IN SLATE-GRAYWACKE, CONTAINS CALCITE, PYRRHOTITE, GALENA, GOLD.

Comment (Workings): SURFACE WORKINGS, TWO SMALL TUNNELS, SAWMILL.

Comment (Geology): WRITERS GIVE CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF WHETHER COUNTRY ROCK IS SLATE-GRAYWACKE OR SCHISTOSE DIORITE. USGS I-388 GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF KELP BAY GROUP.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-467, LOC. 55 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): TWO SMALL TUNNELS DRIVEN BEFORE 1900. SOME WORK DONE, TEST SHIPMENT TO MILL MADE, NO MENTION OF ANY OTHER PRODUCTION MADE, THOUGH THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-467, LOC. 55 (1972)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-450, P. 18 (1978)

Reference (Deposit): USGS I-388, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY (1963)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-467-55

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