Bauer Gold Prospect

The Bauer Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,801 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Bauer Gold Prospect
Secondary: Haley and Rodgers Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chichagof

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: 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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MAIN VEIN AVERAGED 0.22 OZ/TON AU-USGS OF 78-787, P.5

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): CROSSCUT AND DRIFT DRIVEN IN 1890'S AND EARLY 1900'S. APPARENTLY NO ACTIVITY AFTER 1904. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-464, LOC. 3 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE QUARTZITE VEIN UP TO 16 FT. THICK WITH THIN QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAINS PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE WITH FREE GOLD. HANGING WALL IS SLATE, FOOTWALL IS GRAYWACKE.

Comment (Workings): 900 FT. CROSSCUT WITH 150 FT. DRIFT FOLLOWING VEIN, TRENDING S 45 DEGREES E

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-464, LOC. 3 (1972)

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 504, P.27,28 (1912)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-787, P.5 (1978)

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