Saxe prospect, Black Bear Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Saxe prospect	Prospect
Black Bear Lake	Lake
Prince of Wales Island	Island
Ketchikan Mining District	Mining District
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

The land in the vicinity of this old prospect has been identified for possible selection by the Sealaska Corporation.

Location: The Saxe is an old prospect that has not been described in a primary reference since 1926 and that reference lacks a detailed location. It is probably within a mile of the center of section 23, T73S, R82E.

Geology: The deposit at the Saxe prospect consists of a quartz-carbonate vein 2 feet thick and quartz stringers in andesite-porphyry breccia of the Silurian and Ordovician Descon Formation (Buddington, 1926; Eberlein and others, 1983; Brew, 1996). The veins and stringers contain abundant galena, pyrite, and sphalerite, traces of chalcopyrite, up to 0.07 ounce of gold per ton, and 1.96 ounces of silver per ton. The rock between the stringers contains disseminated pyrite and many fractures are filled with quartz and pyrrhotite. The workings consist of a small cut about 10 feet wide. There is no record of production.

Workings: Only a 10-foot-wide cut.

Age: Unknown, other than that the vein cuts Silurian or Ordovician rocks.

Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Co, Pb, Zn

Development Status: None

Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

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