Gold Shaft Gold Prospect

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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Mine Info

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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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