Alaska-Taku Prospect

The Alaska-Taku Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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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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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