Gold Hill Prospect

The Gold Hill Prospect is a mine located in Alaska.

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: 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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