Keith Gold Prospect

The Keith Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,136 feet.

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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: Keith Gold Prospect

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

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

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Foliation Of Schist Strikes N 20 Degrees W, Dips 70 Degrees Sw

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 10.0 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE: 2.4 PPM AU, 4.1 PPM AG
Analytical Data: 0.3 FT. QUARTZ VEIN SAMPLE: 20 PPM AU, 0.3 PPM AG

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM REF. 1, TABLE 17, SAMPLES 4K 146, 4K 151

Comment (Location): USGS B 1525, FIGS. 26, 31, 40 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Workings): 125 FT. LONG ADIT

Comment (Development): ACTIVE 1915-1938. ACQUIRED AS PART OF MARTY GROUP BY JACOB MARTY MINES IN 1925, BY ALASKA WINDHAM GOLD MINING CO IN 1930. NO MENTION OF PRODUCTION, THOUGH THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST WITH QUARTZ SEAMS AND STRINGERS PARALLEL TOFOLIATION.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 127, FIGS. 26, 31, 40, TABLES 14, 17, PLATES 1, 3 (1984)

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 91-86, P. 54, 56 (1986)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIGS-26, 31, 40

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