Arnold Gold-Silver Prospect

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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Mine Info

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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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