Gray Brothers Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Gray Brothers Prospect	Prospect
Prince William Sound Mining District	Mining District
Valdez-Cordova Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

The U.S. Bureau of mines reported three cases of dynamite in the adit in 1979 (Hoekzema and Sherman, 1983).
Location: This prospect is at an elevation of about 1,500 feet, on the south side of the divide between Derickson Bay and Squaw Bay. It is in the NW1/4 section 22, T. 9 N., R. 9 E., of the Seward Meridian. This is location 165 of Tysdal (1978 [MF-880-A]) and location S-122 of Jansons and others (1984) and is accurate to within a quarter of a mile.
Geology: The Gray Brothers prospect is near the Contact Fault, which separates sedimentary rocks of the Valdez Group of Late Cretaceous age from sedimentary rocks of the Orca Group of early Tertiary age (Cobb and Tysdal, 1980). The deposit is a sulfide-bearing quartz vein in a shear zone in green-gray slate and phyllite of the Valdez Group. The shear zone is 10 to 20 feet wide; it strikes N30E and dips vertically. The vein is exposed for about 1,000 feet along strike and pinches and swells from 2 inches to 10 feet in width. Pyrite, arsenopyrite, and pyrrhotite have been identified in the vein, but overall, it contains very sparse sulfides. Seven samples collected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1979 contained as much as 1,100 ppm arsenic and less than 1 ppm gold (Hoekzema and Sherman,1983). Workings consist of a 40-foot adit at 1,550 feet elevation, a 15-foot trench at 1,750 feet, and various prospect pits.
Workings: The prospect was discovered in 1913 by the Gray Bothers, who developed a 40-foot adit at 1,550 feet elevation, a 15-foot trench at 1,750 foot elevation and various prospect pits (Johnson 1914 [B 592-G, map p. 196 only mention]). Seven samples collected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1979 contained as much as 1,100 ppm arsenic and less than 1 ppm gold (Hoekzema and Sherman, 1983).
Age: Oligocene or younger; the Contact Fault cuts Oligocene granitic rocks northeast of the prospect.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)

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