Winn Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001324
MRDS ID A012064
Record type Site
Current site name Winn Prospect
Related records 10160910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.63396, 58.37892 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J144 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
Albite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.63396, 58.37892

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Juneau

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIM

Comments on development

  • LOCATED 1882

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A012064

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 502, P. 59

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 85-717, P. 157

  • Other Database

    BAG-OFR-85-717-144

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-ALBITE-CARBONATE VEINLETS CUT ALTERED (ALBITE DIORITE?) DIKE WHICH CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE NEAR THE VEINLETS; NO DATA ON AU CONTENT, IF ANY
Deposit SEE ALSO: TREASURY HILL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey