The Wietchy Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Wietchy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wietchy Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AND STOCKWORK MINERALIZATION ON THE WEITCHY PROSPECT REPRESENTS A HIGH GRADE, MODERATE TONNAGE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TARGET (FREEMAN AND ADAMS, 1989).
Comment (Location): THIS PROSPECT IS LOCATED ALONG THE LEFT FORK, RIGHT LIMIT OF AN UNNAMED CREEK DIRECTLY NORTH OF PORCUPINE DOME IN THE SE1/4 NE1/4 SEC. 8, T. 8 N., R. 11 E. THIS CREEK IS UNNAMED ON THE U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP, BUT IT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS DOME CREEK. THE CREEK LABELED AS DOME CREEK ON THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCLE C-4 QUADRANGLE MAP IS INCORRECTLY LABELED; IT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS WEST DOME CREEK IN SOME REPORTS (FREEMAN AND ADAMS, 1989, P. 12).
Comment (Workings): HAND TRENCHING COMPLETED IN 1989 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS RELEASED FLOAT BOULDERS BEARING FREE GOLD. THE GOLD IN ROCKS IS ASSOCIATED WITH SILVER, ARSENIC, LEAD, ANTIMONY AND ZINC. FIRE ASSAY RESULTS FROM VEIN AND STOCKWORK MINERALIZATION AVERAGE GOLD 2.96 OUNCE OF GOLD PER TON WITH A HIGH VALUE OF 23.4 OUNCES OF GOLD PER TON. EXPLORATION ALONG STRIKE OF MINERALIZATION REVEALED A HONEY-COMB STOCKWORK AND WHITE QUARTZ BRECCIA SIMILAR TO THOSE ON PORCUPINE DOME (FREEMAN AND ADAMS, 1989).
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IN THE AREA OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, STOCKWORKS, AND BRECCIA HOSTED BY INTERMEDIATE INTRUSIVES, METAQUARTZITE, PELITIC CALC-SCHIST AND METAVOLCANIC SCHIST OF THE BONANZA CREEK SEQUENCE. STOCKWORK SILICIFICATION AND QUARTZ-SERICITE-SULFIDE ALTERATION ARE DEVELOPED ON THE NORTH FLANK OF PORCUPINE DOME (FREEMAN AND ADAMS, 1989). HAND TRENCHING COMPLETED IN 1989 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS RELEASED FLOAT BOULDERS BEARING FREE GOLD. THE GOLD IN ROCKS IS ASSOCIATED WITH SILVER, ARSENIC, LEAD, ANTIMONY AND ZINC. FIRE ASSAY RESULTS FROM VEIN AND STOCKWORK MINERALIZATION AVERAGE 2.96 OUNCES OF GOLD PER TON WITH A HIGH VALUE OF 23.4 OUNCES OF GOLD PER TON. EXPLORATION ALONG STRIKE OF MINERALIZATION REVEALED A HONEY-COMB STOCKWORK AND WHITE QUARTZ BRECCIA SIMILAR TO THOSE ON PORCUPINE DOME (FREEMAN AND ADAMS, 1989).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
References
Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C. J. and Adams, D. D., 1989, Circle joint venture project 1989 final report: Fairbanks Exploration, Inc. 32 p.
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1938, Gold placers of the Fortymile, Eagle, and Circle districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-C, p. 133-261.
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J. B. Jr., 1938, Gold placers of the Fortymile, Eagle, and Circle districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-C, p. 133-261.
Reference (Deposit): Burand, W. M., 1968, Geochemical investigations of selected areas in the Yukon-Tanana region of Alaska, 1965 and 1966: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 13, 51 p.
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