Bum Cat Prospect, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USAi
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Bum Cat Prospect | Prospect |
Juneau Mining District | Mining District |
Juneau | City Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
58° 4' 59'' North , 134° 1' 19'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Juneau | 32,756 (2017) | 33.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
196697
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196697:1
GUID (UUID V4):
77b2a0dd-78f8-4016-bd57-f9793f968e2c
Location: This placer prospect is at an elevation of about 150 feet about midway along the unnamed creek flowing from Taku Lake to Taku Harbor. It is in the NW1/4SE1/4 section 6, T. 44 S., R. 70 E. of the Copper River Meridian. The location is accurate within 1/4 mile.
Geology: The Bum Cat placer prospect is in gravel overlying black phyllite and felsic phyllite that have been intruded by Cretaceous diorite and metagabbro (Redman and others, 1989). The phyllites contain disseminated and stratiform pyrrhotite and pyrite. The placer was discovered in 1905. The U.S. Bureau of Mines collected a 0.1-cubic-yard pan-concentrate sample of the gravel that contained 89.0 ppm gold and 12.0 ppm silver (Redman and others, 1989).
Workings: Surface samples.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Ag
Development Status: Undetermined.
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | JU257 |
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