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Taku Chief

Prospect, Inactive

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Alternative names

Steeple

Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Au; Zn
Ore minerals pyrite; pyrrhotite

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale TR
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale A-6
Latitude 58.0841
Longitude -133.9813
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Location and accuracy This prospect is about 0.5 mile east of Steeple Peak at an elevation of about 2,100 feet. It is in the SW1/4NW 1/4 section 4, T. 44 S., R. 70 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is location T009 of Wells and others (1986). The location is accurate within 1/4 mile.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

The Taku Chief prospect is in black phyllite, felsic phyllite, and chlorite phyllite that have been intruded by Cretaceous diorite and metagabbro (Redman and others, 1989). The phyllite locally contains both disseminated and stratiform pyrrhotite and pyrite. Zinc and gold values have been reported (Redman and others, 1985). A few open cuts, trenches, and an adit have been excavated (Redman and others, 1989). The Taku Chief claims were originally staked in 1954 by Henry (Tiger) Olson (Redman and others, 1985).
Geologic map unit (-133.983044244073, 58.0837704277444)
Mineral deposit model Possibly low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
Mineral deposit model number 36a

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration The Taku Chief claims were originally staked in 1954 by Henry (Tiger) Olson (Redman and others, 1985). Open cuts, trenches and an adit have been excavated (Redman and others, 1989).
Indication of production None

References

References

Redman, E.C., Maas, K.M., Kurtak, J.M., and Miller, L.D., 1991, Section D: Juneau Gold Belt subarea, in U.S. Bureau of Mines, Mineral investigations in the Juneau Mining District, Alaska, 1984-1988: Volume 2 - Detailed mine, prospect, and mineral occurrence descriptions: U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication VOL. 2D, 424 p., 19 sheets.
Redman, E.C., Roberts, W.S., Clough, A.H., and Kurtak, J.M., 1986, Preliminary mine, prospect, and sample location maps and descriptions, Juneau gold belt area: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 85-86, 68 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Wells, D.E., Pittman, T.L., Brew, D.A. and Douglass, S.L., 1986, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Juneau, Taku River, Atlin, and part of the Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-717, 332 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reporters J.C. Barnett and L.D. Miller (Juneau, Alaska)
Last report date 11/27/2001