The Gold Hill Prospect is a mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Gold Hill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Hill Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Melozitna
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Quartz Rusty
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU: .05 OZ./TON, AG: .3 OZ./TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEIN REPORTED TO HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE BROKEN UNDERGROUND.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 2. DEPOSIT ALONG NORTH BANK OF YUKON RIVER ABOUT .5 MILE WEST OF LANCASTER CREEK, ACCROSS FROM SWANSON ISLAND SPIT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): TUNNEL DRIVEN 110 FT. ON VEIN ABOUT 1890 IN FIRST ATTEMPT AT LODE MINING IN INTERIOR ALASKA. NOT ENOUGH ORE TO ESTABLISH A MINE.
Comment (Deposit): 2-3 FT. (AT SURFACE) WIDE VEIN OF SHEARED AND RUSTY QUARTZ IN LOWER PALEOZOIC MICACEOUS QUARTZ SCHIST. VEIN CONTAINED SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER.
Comment (Workings): 110 FT. ADIT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (A-6), LOC 2.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 410, P. 82.
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