The Unnamed Along Harvey Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed Along Harvey Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Along Harvey Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kupreanof
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): THIS SMALL MINE ON NORTHWESTERN WOEWODSKI ISLAND IS ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM THE SHORELINE ALONG THE TRAIL THAT GOES FROM SALTWATER TO THE HARVEY LAKE FOREST SERVICE CABIN. LOCALITY 34 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984).
Comment (Workings): OLD PROSPECT ALONG THE CREEK SAID HAVE BEEN WORKED DURING THE DEPRESSION IN THE 1930'S; A SMALL PELTON WHEEL AND HAMMER MILL STILL REMAINED AT THE SITE IN THE EARLY 1980'S.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UNCERTAIN BUT PROBABLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD RECOVERED DURING THE 1930'S.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL NARROW QUARTZ VEINS WITH RARE DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE CUT LIGHT GREENISH GRAY, FELSIC METATUFF. SAID TO HAVE BEEN WORKED IN A SMALL WAY DURING THE DEPRESSION IN THE 1930'S (GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL, 1984).
References
Reference (Deposit): Wright, C. W., 1908, Lode mining in southeastern Alaska, 1907: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 345, p. 78-97.
Reference (Deposit): Buddington, A. F., 1923, Mineral deposits of the Wrangell district; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 739, p. 51-75.
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.
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