Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | SI |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | C-7 |
Latitude | 57.6391 |
Longitude | -136.1457 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | The McKallick placer prospect is at sea level on the east side of Odgen Passage, about 0.5 mile southeast of an islet named Frog Peak. The prospect, which is on patented ground, is 0.4 mile northwest of the center of sec. 8, T. 49 S., R. 58 E. It is location P-66 of Bittenbender and others (1999), location 72 of Cobb (1972, 1978), and MAS no. 0021140064 (U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2002). The location is accurate. |
Geologic descriptionJohnson and Karl (1985) map the rocks in the area of this prospect as Cretaceous graywacke and argillite interbedded with sparse, lenticular beds of basalt. The rocks are cut by numerous high-angle, mainly northwest-striking faults. Reed and Coats (1941) report that about 8 feet of angular graywacke gravel at this placer prospect has been explored for length of about 50 feet and a width of about 20 feet, to a depth of up to 8 feet. The bedrock is graywacke. The auriferous gravel apparently is younger than the morainal material at the prospect, and possibly younger than the Holocene ash from Mt. Edgecumbe. Reed and Coats collected panned concentrates that contained gold, mostly enclosed in or attached to quartz, with pyrite, ilmenite, and magnetite. They concluded that the placer is eluvial from a nearby lode source concealed by vegetation. Bittenbender and others (1999), citing Still and Weir (1981), report that a pan concentrate of the gravel assayed 0.11 ounce of gold per ton. There is no record of any production, but a little gold was probably recovered. | |
Geologic map unit | (-136.147523885837, 57.6387274563731) |
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Mineral deposit model | Eluvial placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a). |
Mineral deposit model number | 39a |
Age of mineralization | Holocene? |
Workings or exploration | Surface sampling and trenching. |
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Indication of production | Undetermined |
Production notes | There is no record of any production, but a little gold may have been produced. |
Additional commentsThe prospect is in West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness. |
MRDS Number | A013285 |
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ReferencesBittenbender, P., Still, J.C., Maas, K., and McDonald, M., Jr., 1999, Mineral resources of the Chichagof and Baranof Islands area, southeast Alaska: Bureau of Land Management, BLM-Alaska Technical Report 19, 222 p.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2002, Alaska mineral locations database report (Sitka quadrangle), July 2, 2002, 205 p. [http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/dem.html]
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Reporters | H.C. Berg (U.S. Geological Survey) |
Last report date | 10/16/2004 |