The Alaska-Taku Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Alaska-Taku Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alaska-Taku Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA ON GOLD CONTENT
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STRINGER LODES IN SLATE ALONG A 5000 FT LONG NW-TRENDING BELT; REPORTED TO BE SIMILAR TO PERSEVERANCE DEPOSIT
Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J202, (FIG 1) LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): 43 LODE CLAIMS AND 8 MILL SITES WERE BEING DEVELOPED IN 1915; CLAIMS ACTIVE 1900-1916
Comment (Workings): 43 LODE CLAIMS, 8 MILL SITES IN 1915; NO DATA ON WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): "SLATE" REPORTED AS HOST ROCK IS PROBABLY PHYLLITIC UNIT OF PERSEVERANCE SLATE FORMATION; CLAIMS COVERED GREENSTONE/SLATE CONTACT AND MUCH OF OVERLYING SLATE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: PERSEVERANCE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J202
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 642, P. 76
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-202
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