Hillside Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093967
MRDS ID A011223
Record type Site
Current site name Hillside Prospect
Alternate or previous names Silverking

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.9765, 63.53984 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENSION OF RED TOP DEPOSIT; FOUND IN SHAFT WHICH WAS SUNK JUST BEYOND THE W END LINE OF THE RED TOP CLAIM LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.9765, 63.53984

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXTENSION OF RED TOP DEPOSIT

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings SHAFT
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • OWNERSHIP WAS IN DISPUTE IN 1923

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A011223

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, AK IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, AK, P. 123

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: RED TOP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE WORKINGS FIELDS FROM THE COMMENTS FIELD.