The Dolly Varden Prospect is a silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Dolly Varden Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dolly Varden Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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: Tetrahedrite Altered To Azurite And Malachite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.06 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: UP TO 8.64 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): MARBLE HAS METASEDIMENT AND VOLCANIC INTERBEDS
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY TOO LOW GRADE TO MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): ZONE OF QUARTZ STRINGERS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 347, P. 162.
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GEOLOGIC REPORT 17, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 170.
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 1, P. 19
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF 433
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-869, P. 59
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