The Water Level Prospect is a silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Water Level Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Water Level Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Type: Surface
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: Heavily Oxidized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES REPORTED TO HAVE ASSAYED 30 TO 40 OZ/TON AG, DAVIS, 1923, P. 130
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM SKETCH MAP OF QUIGLEY HILL CLAIMS, USGS BULL 849-F, PLATE 29; BUNDTZEN, IN ADGGS OFR 98, GIVES MUCH DIFFERENT LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): SEE RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR ADDITIONAL ASSAY INFORMATION
Comment (Workings): 40 FT OF VEIN EXPOSED BY TRENCH
Comment (Geology): VEIN CUTS BIRCH CREEK ROCKS; PART OF MINERALIZED HYDRAULIC FRACTURE SYSTEM IN KANTISHNA AREA
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ SIDERITE VEIN IN EXTENSIVELY OXIDIZED SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: WHITE HAWK, SULPHIDE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
References
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, AK, IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, AK, P.130
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 32
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 5
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-26
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-F, PLATE 29
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