Stranger River Prospect, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Stranger River Prospect | Prospect |
Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District) | Mining District |
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
57° 50' 50'' North , 136° 22' 19'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Mindat Locality ID:
200185
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200185:5
GUID (UUID V4):
be4b9f28-196f-406b-aa40-74368fbda877
The prospect is in West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness.
Location: This placer prospect is on northwest Chichagof Island at the mouth of Stranger River. The prospect is about 0.4 mile south of the center of sec. 29, T. 46 S., R. 56 E. It is location P-39 of Bittenbender and others (1999) and MAS no. 0021140105 (U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2002). The location is accurate within about 0.2 mile.
Geology: Johnson and Karl (1985) map the rocks in the area of this placer prospect as Tertiary tonalite. Bittenbender and others (1999), citing the work of Kimball (1982), report that panned-concentrate samples contained up to 0.00005 ounce of gold per cubic yard, and a trace of silver.
Workings: Only surface sampling.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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