Marty Gold Prospect

The Marty Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 899 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: Marty Gold Prospect
Secondary: Marty Group: Alaska Peerless
Secondary: California-Alaska
Secondary: Yellow Jacket Mining Co.
Secondary: Alaska Windham Gold Mining Co.

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
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 N 15 Degrees-20 Degrees W, Dips 75 Degrees-83 Degrees Sw

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 10 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.4 PPM AU (BEST SAMPLE) REF. 1, TABLES 14, 17.
Analytical Data: 0.4 FT. QUARTZ VEIN SAMPLE NO. 4K071 ASSAYED 2.15 PPM AU, 150 PPM AG

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): NO SIGNIFICANT ASSAY VALUES FOUND. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comment (Location): USGS B 1525, FIGS. 31, 36 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): ADITS DRIVEN BETWEEN 1904 AND 1936. 35 CLAIMS CONSOLIDATED IN 1925 BY JACOB MARTY MINES AS MARTY GROUP OF CLAIMS, TAKEN OVER ABOUT 1930 BY ALASKA WINDAM MINING COMPANY. MILL BUILT IN 1925.

Comment (Workings): MARTY ADIT IS 540 FT. LONG WITH 490 FT. CROSSCUT AND 3 RAISES. 20 FT. ADIT AND 13 FT. SQUARE 2 FT. DEEP PROSPECT PIT WITHIN 1,000 FT. SE. MILL AND TRAMWAY BUILT NEARBY, IN RUINS AS OF 1974, ADITS STILL OPEN.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS STRIKE N 45 DEGREES-50 DEGREES W, DIP 50 DEGREES NE IN SCHIST. VERY LOW GOLD VALUES IN QUARTZ VEINS.

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION UNCLEAR. ORE FROM NEARBY JENSEN MINE WAS MILLED AT MARTY MILL, BUT NO MENTION IS MADE WHETHER OR NOT ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM MARTY ADIT. MARTY, FRIES, FALLS QUARTZ, YATES, JACKSON, KEITH, JENSEN, AND YELLOW JACKET ADITS ARE ALL PART OF MARTY GROUP OF CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, FIGS. 31, 36, 37, P. 127-131, TABLES 14, 17 (1984)

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 91-86, P. 5, TABLE 2, P. 54 (1986)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIGS-31, 36

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