Bonnell Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10000598
MRDS ID	A011204
Record type	Site
Current site name	Bonnell Prospect
Alternate or previous names	Bunnell, Neversweat
Related records	10258064, 10282905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-151.0215, 63.50262 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	2 1/2 MI SW OF KANTISHNA, AK
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

PLOTTED FROM USGS BULL 849-F, P. 376; "SOUTH SIDE OF ELDORADO CR. AT THE JUNCTION OF REINHART CR." 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
Silver	Primary
Lead	Secondary
Zinc	Secondary
Copper	Secondary
Antimony	Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

GALENA, SPHALERITE, ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE LISTED AS GOLD-SILVER BEARING MINERALS

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Calcite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue
Rhyolite	Gangue
Schist	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	0.04 TO 0.34 OZ AU AND TRACE TO 11.10 OZ AG PER TON
Result	FLOAT SAMPLE WITH CHALCOPYRITE CONTAINED 0.04 OZ AU AND 44.96 OZ AG PER TON
Result	MORRISON, D.A., 1964, P. 97-98
Result	CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 30% PB+ZN AND 13.5 OZ AG PER TON
Result	USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-20

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Rock unit name Birch Creek

Rock description Birch Creek

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-151.0215, 63.50262	ListMap

Ore body information

General form PINCH AND SWELL

Strike N 70 E TO N 90 E

Dip 50 SE TO 70 SE

Thickness 45.72M

Length 83.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

Possibly Intersecting Dikes In Area

Comments on the geologic information

MINERALIZED CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ PORPHYRY AND "BIRCH CREEK" SCHIST, MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED SULFIDES IN IGNEOUS BODY AND IN VEINS ALONG CONTACT; ONLY CONTACT MINERALIZATION KNOWN IN THE AREA

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discoverer	John Busia

Mining district

District name	Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category	National Park

Reserves and resources

Type

In-situ

Estimate year

1983

Total resources

15,500,000mt ore

Commodity	Subtype	Grade	units	Group	Importance	Year
Gold	Au	0.5647	g/mt	Gold	Major	1983
Silver	Ag	22.1243	g/mt	Silver	Major	1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

Comments on the workings information

EXPLORED BY 3 SHORT ADITS, 2 OF WHICH WERE CAVED BY 1977

Comments on development

OPEN ADIT MAPPED BY USBM IN 1977, ACTIVE PROSPECTING IN 1963

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A011204

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULL 849-F, P. 358, 376
Deposit

MORRISON, D.A, 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF KANTISHNA AND VICINITY, KANTISHNA DISTRICT, ALASKA: ALASKA UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, M.S. THESIS, P. 93, 97-98
Deposit

ADGGS OFR 98, P. 9-10, 28
Deposit

USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 2
Deposit

USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-20 TO 4-22
Deposit

ADGGS GEOLOGIC REPORT 61, P. 26, 29
Deposit

ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	COMPLEXLY FAULTED QUARTZ-SIDERITE VEINS UPTO 4 FT THICK INTRUDED ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ-PORPHYRY AND SCHIST; DISSEMINATED SULFIDES IN QUARTZ PORPHYRY; VEINS SHOW PINCH AND SWELL STRUCTURE ALONG STRIKE

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-84	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey