Location: This prospect is on a short creek that enters Port Snettisham about 0.7 mile, south-southeast of Bogert Point and 1/2 mile east of Speel Arm in Port Snettisham. The prospect is on the creek at an elevation of about 200 feet, in the NE1/4NW1/4 section 14, T. 44 S., R. 71 E. of the Copper River Meridian. The location is accurate within 1/4 mile.
Geology: The regional geology of the area consists of pelitic schist, calc-silicate schist, marble, and quartzite (Brew and Ford,1985). Gehrels and Berg (1992) show a small pluton of Cretaceous granodiorite west of the prospect. Redman and others (1989) describe the rocks beneath the placer as black phyllite and mafic metavolcanic rocks. Very small amounts of fine gold have been panned from the creek (Redman and others, 1989). The location given by Wells and others (1986) appears to be incorrect (see TR019).
Age: Quaternary.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined.
Deposit Model: Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	TR020

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References

Brew, D.A., and Ford, A.B., 1985, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Juneau, Taku River, Atlin, and part of the Skagway 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-395, 23 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000. Gehrels, G.E., and Berg, H.C., 1992, Geologic map of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1867, 24 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:600,000. Redman, E.C., Maas, K.M., Kurtak, J.M., and Miller, L.D., 1989, Bureau of Mines Mineral Investigations in the Juneau Mining District, Alaska, 1984-1988, Volume 2--Detailed mine, prospect, and mineral occurrence descriptions, Section D, Juneau Gold Belt Subarea: U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication, 424 p. Wells, D.E., Pittman, T.L., Brew, D.A. and Douglass, S.L., 1986, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Juneau, Taku River, Atlin, and part of the Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-717, 332 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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