The Castle and Company is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Castle and Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Castle and Company
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this locality are Cretaceous hornfels in contact with a large Cretaceous diorite pluton (Brew and others, 1984). The deposit, which may be near the contact is a quartz vein reported to carry auriferous pyrite (Brooks, 1902). The deposit was discovered in 1898 and a small stamp mill was installed but no production is reported and no work of note has apparently taken place since the early 1900's.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brooks, 1902
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A small stamp mill was installed on a quartz vein discovered in 1898 but no work of note has taken place since the early 1900's and little information is available about the deposit (Brooks, 1902). Since 1902, the only information that has been published on it as a few minor, secondary references.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = A little gold may have been produced from an auriferous quartz vein early in the century (Brooks, 1902).
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-870, 53 p.
Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1902, Preliminary report on the Ketchikan mining district, Alaska, with an introductory sketch of the geology of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1, 120 p.
Reference (Deposit): Brew, D. A., Ovenshine, A. T., Karl, S. M., and Hunt, S. J., 1984, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-405, 43 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-415, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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