Holkham Bay Gold Prospect

The Holkham Bay Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,044 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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