The Holkham Bay Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,044 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,044 Feet (623 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 57.59361, -133.23639
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Holkham Bay Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holkham Bay Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Petersburg
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/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Foliation Of Schist Strikes Nw, Dips 70 Degrees W
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UPPER DRIFT VALUES RANGE 0-0.61 OZ/TON AU, AVERAGE 0.094 OZ/TON AU.
Analytical Data: 0.9 FT. VEIN SAMPLE: 4.89 OZ/TON AU, 0.447 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): UPPER WORKINGS EXPLORE VEIN FOR 240 FT., CONSISTING OF 170 FT. DRIFT WITH 3 STOPE RAISES. PORTAL ELEVATION IS 2,045 FT.. LOWER WORKINGS CONSIST OF 65 FT. CROSSCUT AT 1,715 FT. ELEVATION, DRIVEN BELOW HILL TOWARDS SECOND VEIN, BUT FALLING SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. SHORT. SECOND VEIN EXPLORED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MINE CURTAILED BY LOWER GOLD VALUES AND VEIN PINCHING OUT IN DRIFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM USGS B 1525, P. 153. BEST VALUES ARE FROM UPPER UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
Comment (Location): USGS B 1525, FIG. 50. LOCATION IS PORTAL OF UPPER WORKINGS. VEINS AND WORKINGS EXTEND 1,400 FT. SW OF LOCATION. LOCATION GIVEN BY USGS MF-425, LOC. 10 IS NOT EVEN CLOSE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): CLAIMS STAKED ABOUT 1900, MOST WORKINGS COMPLETED BY 1909. CLAIMS RESTAKED IN 1956 AS FOUR CLAIMS OF GOLD SEAL-GOLD COIN GROUP. GIBSON MILL PRESENT AT UPPER WORKINGS DURING 1930'S.
Comment (Deposit): 1-2 FT. THICK QUARTZ VEIN AT LEAST 400 FT. LONG IN GRAPHITIC SCHIST WITH TRACES OF PYRRHOTITE, EXPLORED BY 240 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, CONTAINS GOLD. SECOND VEIN OVER 6 FT. THICK EXPOSED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. ALONG STRIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 150-153, FIG. 50, 51, PLATES 1, 3 (1984)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-698, P. 14 (1978)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIG-50
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