The Fries and Falls Quartz Gold Prospects is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 57.60056, -133.30639
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Fries and Falls Quartz Gold Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fries and Falls Quartz Gold Prospects
Secondary: Marty Group: Silent Partner Nos. 1 and 2 Fries Adit
Secondary: Falls Quartz Falls Quartz Adit Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: 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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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-30 Degrees W, Dips 65 Degrees-80 Degrees Sw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FRIES ADIT: BEST ASSAYS 0.10 PPM AU, 0.7 PPM AG. FALLS QUARTZ ADIT: BEST ASSAYS 0.10 PPM AU, 0.5 PPM AG-REF. 1, P. 266, 267, TABLE 17.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): FRIES PROSPECT ACTIVE FROM 1895-1930, WITH CROSSCUT AND RAISE DRIVEN. FALLS QUARTZ PROSPECT ACTIVE ONLY IN 1915, WITH SHORT ADIT DRIVEN. OWNED BY ALASKA PEERLESS MINING CO. UNTIL 1925, WHEN ACQUIRED BY JACOB MARTY MINES.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ STRINGER ZONES IN QUARTOSE CHLORITE OR MUSCOVITE SCHIST PARALLEL FOLIATION. QUARTZ VEINS, AT FALLS QUARTZ ADIT ONLY, STRIKE N 50 DEGREES W, DIP 65 DEGREES N
Comment (Workings): FRIES: 300 FT. LONG CROSSCUT AND 30 FT. RAISE. FALLS QUARTZ: 36 FT. LONG ADIT
Comment (Location): USGS B 1525, FIGS. 26, 31, 34, 35. LOCATION IS AT FRIES ADIT. FALLS QUARTZ ADIT IS 200 FT. SW. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 91-86, P. 54 (1986)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1529-FIG-26, 31, 34, 35
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 127, FIGS. 26, 31, 34, 35, TABLES 14, 17, PLATES 1, 3 (1984)
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