Griset

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10000341
MRDS ID	A010400
Record type	Site
Current site name	Griset
Alternate or previous names	Keynote
Related records	10136671

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-148.00036, 60.96984 (WGS84)
(click for info)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Pyrite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
Rock unit name	Valdez Group
Rock description	Valdez Group;Valdez Group

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-148.00036, 60.96984	ListMap

Ore body information

Strike S65W

Dip 55N

Thickness 0.84M

Length 91.44M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Comments on the workings information

SHORT TUNNEL AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A010400

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULLETIN 592, P. 223
Deposit

USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 158
Deposit

USGS OPEN FILE 80-621

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	FISSURE WITH GOUGE ON BOTH WALLS IS FILLED WITH MILLED COUNTRY ROCK AND UP TO 22 INCHES OF QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1984	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Editor	13-APR-1994	Mosier, Dan	U.S. Geological Survey