Latitude: 56°32'51"N
Longitude: 133°2'31"W
Location: The Independence prospect consists of a shaft and 12 cuts that extend for about 1,800 feet along a quartz vein. The coordinates are at the shaft which is at an elevation of about 500 feet, about 0.3 mile north-northwest of the north end of Harrys Lake on Woewodski Island. It is about 0.5 mile north of the center of section 35, T. 61 S., R. 79 E.
Geology: The Independence prospect was found sometime before 1931 (Nelson, 1931) and by 1933 consisted of 12 cuts and a shaft 10 to 20 feet deep along a vein that extended for about 2,000 feet (Still and others, 2002). Apparently there has been no later work specifically on this prospect although much of the center of Woewodski Island has been covered by claims since the 1970's and this prospect probably still is. The rocks in the vicinity are mainly felsic volcanic rocks of the Triassic Hyd Group (Brew, 1997, Karl and others, 1999). At the south end of the prospect, the volcanics are cut by Cretaceous hornblende diorite. The mineralization consist of a quartz vein up to 10 feet thick that strikes north and has been traced on the surface for about 2,000 feet. Still and others (2002) collected 8 samples from the pits along the vein and from the shaft dump. Six contained less than 5 parts per billion (ppb) gold, one contained 74 ppb gold, and one contained 94 ppb gold.
Workings: The Independence prospect was found sometime before 1931 (Nelson, 1931) and by 1933 consisted of 12 cuts and a shaft 10 to 20 feet deep along a vein that extended for about 2,000 feet (Still and others, 2002). Apparently there has been no later work specifically on this prospect although much of the center of Woewodski Island has been covered by claims since the 1970's and this prospect probably still is.
Age: Cretaceous or younger based on the age of the diorite host rock to the vein.
Alteration: None specifically noted.
Reserves: None.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Au-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).
References
Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg C-4 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-J, 21 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360. Karl, S.W., Haeussler, P.J., and McCafferty, A.E., 1999, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Duncan Canal-Zarembo Island area, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0168, 30 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:150,000. Nelson, G.E., 1931, Report on the Maid of Mexico Group, Independence Group on Woewodski Island, south end of Wrangell Narrows and Cascade Group, Hope Group, Mystery Claim in Thomas Bay: Unpublished report by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, Juneau, Alaska (in files of the Minerals Information Center, Bureau of Land Management, Juneau, Alaska) Still, J.C., Bittenbender, P.E., Bean, K.W., and Gensler, E.G., 2002, Mineral assessment of the Stikine area, central Southeast Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Land Management Technical Report 51, 560 p.
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