Gold Cliff Premier

The Gold Cliff Premier is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 591 feet.

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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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Site Name

Primary: Gold Cliff Premier
Secondary: Border
Secondary: Ray & Juliette Bobbs
Secondary: Paul & Mary Meyer
Secondary: Border Fraction
Secondary: Slim Fraction
Secondary: Lan Doggert

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Ray And Juliette Bobbs
Info Year: 1977

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB A000398 MS 1535, PAT# 1033285. THE GOLD CLIFF GROUP OF 24 CLAIMS NOT PATENTED. PROSPECTS COVER MINERALIZED QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS & SHEAR ZONES IN HAZELTON (?) GROUP METASEDIMENTS. HOST ROCKS INCLUDE QUARTZITE, TUFF, INTERCALATED SHALE INTRUDED BY PORPHYRITIC DIKES EMANATING FROM THE NEARBY HYDER QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON. 1. GOLD CLIFF PREMIER: STAKED IN 1920 & 1925. NO ACTIVITY SINCE. A 20-FT. OPEN CUT EXPOSES A SHEAR ZONE CONTAINING SPHALERITE,CHALCOPYRITE,PYRITE & TETRAHEDRITE. ASSAYS GAVE 1 OZ AU/TON & 3 TO 4 OZ AG/TON. 2. BORDER CLAIMS: STAKED IN 1930. FORECLOSED TO STATE IN 1957. SOLD AT AUCTION 1970. 70-FT. ADIT DRIVEN ON A SHEAR ZONE W/MINERALIZED QTZ STRINGERS & VEIN. GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRITE & CHALCO. OCCUR AS MASSIVE SHOOTS UP TO 0.5 FT. WIDE IN A QUARTZ & CARBONATE GANGUE.

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 118-051

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 118-054

Reference (Deposit): B807 p. 90

Reference (Deposit): MF418

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