Deposit ID | 10308689 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Empire |
Geographic coordinates: | -160.57041, 55.18723 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | The Empire prospect is located on Unga Island approximately 4,000 feet southwest of the lower adit portal of the Apollo mine (PM079) (Wilson and others, 1988, locality 33). The location is accurate to within 2,500 feet. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Quartz | Gangue |
(1) | -160.57041, 55.18723 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Alaska Peninsula |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | PM080 |
Webber, B.S., Moss, J.M., Rutledge, F.A., and Sanford, R.S., 1946, Reconnaissance examinations of parts of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands southwestern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines, unpublished report of investigations, 40 p. (Unpublished report held by the U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage.)
Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., scale 1:250,000.
Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Epithermal gold veins |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 12-JAN-2001 | S.H. Pilcher | U.S. Geological Survey |