Deposit ID | 10001786 |
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MRDS ID | A012590 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | R.W. Silver Prospect |
Alternate or previous names | Claims: Goode, Hot Air, Shamrock, Southern Cross, Formerly: Flynn Prospect. |
Geographic coordinates: | -164.28216, 64.6607 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | E SIDE OF TRILBY HILL; PEAK OF S END OF N-TRENDING SADDLE NE OF MOUTH OF B. HURRAH CR. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Tungsten | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Scheelite | Ore |
Chlorite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Host or associated | Host | ||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate | ||
Rock unit name | Hurrah Phyllonite; Aka Hurrah Slate; Part Of Mixed Unit Of Till And Others 1986 | ||
Rock description | Hurrah Phyllonite; Aka Hurrah Slate; Part Of Mixed Unit Of Till And Others 1986 | ||
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(1) | -164.28216, 64.6607 |
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General form | TABULAR |
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Strike | N 30-60 DEGREES W |
Dip | 40-60 DEGREES SW |
Thickness | 0.91M |
Depth to top | 0M |
Length | 152.4M |
Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1903 |
Discoverer | W.R. Goode |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012590 |
USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 198, 204.
ADGGS GR 33, P. 15-18, 21, 29.
USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 20, LOC. 240.
USGS OFR 78-1-C, P. 42.
USGS OFR 86-276 (TILL AND OTHERS).
BAG-MF-445-16
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | SEE ALSO: BIG HURRAH MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Deposit | AT LEAST 2 VEINS ON PROPERTY REPRESENTING TWO TYPES OF MINERALIZATION: FREE GOLD IN BANDED QUARTZ, AND ARSENOPYRITE-BEARING GREEN CHLORITIC VEIN MATERIAL WHICH ALSO CONTAINS FREE GOLD; VEIN WIDTHS VARY FROM 0.5 TO 3 FT; SECTION ACROSS BANDED QUARTZ VEIN: 6.5 IN OF GRAY QUARTZ ON FOOTWALL ASSAY: 0.81 OZ AU, IN BAND OF SLATE ASSAY: 0.01 OZ AU, AND 7.0 IN OF "OXIDIZED" QUARTZ ON HANGING WALL ASSAY: 0.16 OZ AU; SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE REPORTED IN VEINS. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAR-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |