Yates Gold Prospect

The Yates Gold Prospect is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,450 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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