The Potato Mountain Prospect is a tin mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Potato Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Potato Mountain Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Eureka
Secondary: Daisy
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Daisy Fault, Adit Fault; Major Nw Trending Faults
Type: L
Description: Pervasive Faulting (Small Scale) And Jointing
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LARGEST SEGREGATION: 10-30 FT WIDE BY 300 FT LONG, SAMPLE SUP TO 12% SN, BUT AVG. GRADE EST. TO BE ABOUT 1% SN.
Analytical Data: DEPOSIT CHARACTERIZED BY IRREGULAR SEGREGATIONS CONTAINING 1-10% SN WITHIN ZONES AVERAGING 0.25% SN OR LESS
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GRAVITY DATA INDICATE INTRUSIVE BODY WITHIN 0.5 KM OF SURFACE; ONLY ONE GRANITIC DIKE EXPOSED IN AREA.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: RED FOX, (BUCK CR.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): SHAFT ON DAISY CLAIM: USBM RI 6587, FIG. 3 AND 18. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): DISC. IN EARLY 1900'S, SOME DEV. BEFORE 1920; TRENCHED BY USBM (LATE 1950'S AND/OR EARLY 1960'S/
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAINING CLAY MINERALS, CASSITERITE, PYRITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE ASSOCIATED WITH SN- AND TOURMALINE-BEARING METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS.
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 5, LOCS. 17-19.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 733, P. 88-94.
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 6587, P. 1, 7, 10-12, 57-62, 69-71.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 134-135.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1786, (IN PRESS), LOC. SP2.
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR40, P. 36-37.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-02
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