The Quartz Creek Prospect is a mine located in Alaska.
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Quartz Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Creek Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Melozitna
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-371, LOC. 3. DEPOSIT ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH AND 300-400 FT. ABOVE YUKON RIVER ON SLOPE WEST OF QUARTZ CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): ADIT DRIVEN IN ABOUT 1915, BUT SOON ABANDONED; NO PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): 10 FT. WIDE STOCKWORK OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA VEINS IN LIMESTONE; SOME GALENA VEINS AS MUCH AS SEVERAL INCHES ACCROSS. SAID TO CARRY GOLD AND SILVER.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINS SEPERATE SOME GALENA VEINS; EUHEDRAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS EMBEDDED IN GALENA. NO KNOWN NEARBY INTRUSIVE ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): WEDOW AND OTHERS, 1952 (OF 51), REPORT HOST ROCK TO BE QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-371 (B-3), LOC. 3.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 631, P. 82-83.
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