The Arnold Gold-Silver Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 61.83194, -161.89167
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Arnold Gold-Silver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arnold Gold-Silver Prospect
Secondary: Willow Creek Lode Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Oxide And Copper Stains In Quartz Veins.
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS 6 IN.-1 FT. WIDE IN LOCALLY PYRITIFEROUS GREENSTONE CONTAIN FREE GOLD, PYRITE, GALENA, PYRRHOTITE, MAGNETITE, SMALL AMOUNTS OF MALACHITE AND CHALCOPYRITE TRACES OF SCHEELITE, AND ANGLESITE. VEIN TRACED ALONG STRIKE FOR OVER 100 FT.. MOLYBDENITE FOUND IN OTHER QUARTZ VEINS AT THIS LOCALITY.
Comment (Commodity): TEST: SHIPMENT IN 1915 RETURNED $80/TON AU AND AG-USGS OF 77-156, P. 54
Comment (Location): USGS MF-444, LOC. 1 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): CLAIMS STAKED IN 1914. OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES MADE, SMALL SAMPLE SHIPMENT OF ORE MADE IN 1915, BUT OTHERWISE NO RECORDED PRODUCTION.
Comment (Workings): SERIES OF TRENCHES TOTALING 100 FT. LONG AND 2-6 FT. DEEP. OPEN CUT DUG 30 FT. INTO HILL, 12-15 FT. DEEP AND 3-6 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS IN GREENSTONE NEAR GRANITIC INTRUSIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 683, P. 57, 63-64 (1918)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-156, P. 54 (1977)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-444, LOC. 1 (1972)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-444-1
Reference (Deposit): USGS C 328, P. 8-9, PLATE 2 (1954)
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