The Gold Shaft Gold Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,331 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
Elevation: 4,331 Feet (1,320 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 57.58167, -133.26667
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Gold Shaft Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Shaft Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: 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/Underground
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH-GRADE GRAB SAMPLE 4S175, GALENA IN QUARTZ VEIN: 30 PPM AG, 0.25 PPM AU, 8,000 PPM PB. DATA FROM REF. 1, TABLE 18, P. 274.
Analytical Data: 3.8 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE 3P110, IN SCHIST WITH QUARTZ: 8.0 PPM AU, 2 PPM AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): FREE GOLD CLAIM GROUP STAKED IN 1914, SHAFT AND TRENCH COMPLETED. LITTLE WORK AFTER 1915. CLAIMS RELOCATED IN 1930'S AND EARLY 1940'S AS GOLD SHAFT CLAIMS. NO KNOWN PRODUCTION.
Comment (Location): USGS B-1525, FIGS. 26, 43, 46. LOCATION IS SHAFT AT SUMMIT OF SPRUCE MTN. (PEAK 4330). TRENCH IS 700 FT. N, 8 FT. THICK QUARTZ VEIN IS 1,000 FT. SW OF SUMMIT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS, PODS, STRINGERS IN SCHIST. 8 FT. THICK QUARTZ VEIN 1,000 FT. SW OF SHAFT FOLLOWS STRUCTURE OF SCHIST, CONTAINS 0.1 FT. GALENA POD WITH
Comment (Workings): 14 FT. SHAFT (FLOODED AS OF 1973), FOUR SMALL OPEN PITS, 156 FT. LONG TRENCH
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 143-144, FIGS. 26, 43, 46, TABLES 14, 18, PLATES 1, 3 (1984)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIGS-26, 43, 46
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