Gold Nest Gold-Silver-Lead Prospect

The Gold Nest Gold-Silver-Lead Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Nest Gold-Silver-Lead Prospect
Secondary: Gold Nest Or Goldnest Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2.5 FT CHIP SAMPLE ON QUARTZ VEIN: 0.10PPM AU, 1.5 PPM AG, 70 PPM PB (SAMPLE 3K169). QUARTZ VEIN GRAB SAMPLE: 7.0 PPM AU, 0.5 PPM AG, 950 PPM PB (SAMPLE 3K171). USGS B 1525, TABLE 25, P. 285

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): USBM OFR 85-86, FIG 4, LOC. 159; USGS B 1525, FIG. 59, SAMPLE NO. 3K169, 3K171 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): GOLD NEST CLAIMS STAKED IN 1912.

Comment (Deposit): 3 FT. THICK BRECCIATED PYRITIC QUARTZ VEIN STRIKES N 30 DEGREES E, DIPS STEEPLY NW. BOULDERS OF SULFIDE-BEARING QUARTZ FLOAT FOUND 200 FT. ABOVE VEIN.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT ON VEIN.

Comment (Geology): CRET BIOTITE OR HORNBLENDE SCHIST AND AMPHIBOLITE NEAR SMALL TERT-CRET FOLIATED TONALITE INTRUSION.

Comment (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 169 DESCRIBES VEIN AS 30 FT. THICK. HOWEVER, USGS OF 77-649, P. 191, WHICH IS EARLIER VERSION OF ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL REPORT, DESCRIBES VEIN AS 3 FT. THICK, WHICH IS MORE REALISTIC. USGS B 1525 PROBABLY HAS TYPO ERROR. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 167-169, FIG. 59, SAMPLE NOS. 3K169, 3K171, TABLE 25 (1984)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-649, P. 191 (ESSENTIALLY SAME AS B 1525) (1977)

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 85-86, P. 47, FIG 4, LOC. 159 (1986)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIG-59-3K169

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