Unnamed Near Bell Island

The Unnamed Near Bell Island is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Near Bell Island

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): A SINGLE PLACER GOLD CLAIM WAS STAKED IN 1967 BUT APPARENTLY HAS NOT BEEN ACTIVE SINCE. NO OTHER CONFIRMATION OF GOLD VALUES AND NO OTHER MINERAL DEPOSITS NEARBY.

Comment (Production): NONE

Comment (Deposit): A GOLD PLACER INDICATED ONLY BY THE PRESENCE OF A CLAIM LOCATED HERE IN 1967. THERE IS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION OR OF FURTHER WORK ON THE PROPERTY AND NO OTHER LODE OR PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS NEARBY. THE ROCKS IN THE VICINITY CONSIST OF SILURIAN HECATE LIMESTONE AND ASSOCIATED POLYMICTIC CONGLOMERATE (BREW, 1997 [OF 97-156-F]).

Comment (Location): CENTER OF A SINGLE PLACER MINING CLAIM NEAR THE MOUTH OF PINE CREEK, ABOUT A MILE EAST OF THE NORTH TIP OF BELL ISLAND, NORTHERN PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. THE LOCATION IS KNOWN TO WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS. LOCALITY 56 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map No. 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D. J., Berg, H. C., and Karl, S. M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-4 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-F, scale 63,360, one sheet, 23 p. pamphlet.

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