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Black Chief Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094020
MRDS ID A012032
Record type Site
Current site name Black Chief Prospect
Related records 10210021

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.79871, 58.59725 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 10 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
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO DATA ON GOLD CONTENT; PRESENCE OF GOLD INFERRED FROM EXTENT OF WORKINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.79871, 58.59725
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juneau/Eagle River

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 95.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE VEINS WERE EXPLORED BY 312 FT OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A012032

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 379, P. 71

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 502, P. 51

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 84-572, P. 165, NO. 56

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 85-717, P. 130

  • Other Database

    BAG-OFR-85-717-117

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS IN INDEFINITE BRECCIATED ZONE BETWEEN 4-20 FT WIDE IN BLACK SLATE, QUARTZ CARRIES A LITTLE PYRITE AND GALENA
Deposit PRESENCE OF GOLD NOT CONFIRMED; MUST HAVE BEEN SOME OR WORKINGS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN LESS EXTENSIVE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey