Fries and Falls Quartz Gold Prospects

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

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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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