The Yates Gold Prospect is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,450 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,450 Feet (442 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 57.59528, -133.30139
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Yates Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yates Gold Prospect
Secondary: Marty Group: Yates Adit
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Type: L
Description: Foliation Of Schist Strikes N 25 Degrees W, Dips 72 Degrees Sw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH-GRADE GRAB SAMPLE OF SCHIST WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS AND GALENA CONTAINED 19.0 PPM AU, 30 PPM AG, 2.8% PB. 9.0 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE OF SCHIST CONTAINED 0.05 PPM AU, 0.5 PPM AG. REF. 1, TABLE 17, SAMPLES 4K 108 4K 116.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS B 1525, FIGS. 26, 31, 38 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): ACTIVE FROM 1917-1937. ACQUIRED IN 1925 BY JACOB MARTY MINES AS PART OF MARTY GROUP, IN 1930 BY ALASKA WINDAM GOLD MINING CO.. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): BROWN SCHIST WITH QUARTZ PODS, STRINGERS, AND SEAMS, SOME PARALLEL TO FOLIATION. QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN PYRITE. SMALL KNOTS OF GALENA IN SCHIST. VERY SMALL GOLD VALUES IN VEINS, PODS, STRINGERS, SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): 40 FT. LONG CROSSCUT, 35 FT. DRIFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 127, FIGS. 26, 31, 38, TABLES 14, 17, PLATES 1, 3 (1984)
Reference (Deposit): USBM 91-86, P. 54, 56 (1986)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIGS-26, 31
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