The Big Hurrah Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Big Hurrah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Hurrah Mine
Secondary: Hurrah
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD TO SILVER RATIO IS 1:6
Comment (Production): GRADE DESCRIBED AS A LITTLE LESS THAN OZ AU/TON ORE. AG:AU APPROX 6:1
Comment (Development): TAILINGS CYANIDED 1950-1951. MINOR PRODUCTION 1953-1954. FIRE ENDED 1950'S EFFORT TO RESUME PRODUCTION. RECENT (LATE 1970'S, EARLY 1980'S) ACTIVITY.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS 4 TO 8 FT THICK AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG.
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY UNDERGROUND, BUT SOME SURFACE MATERIAL EXCAVATED & SLUICED IN EARLY 1950'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 73-75, P. 72, 95-96
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-1-C, P. 42
Reference (Production): USGS OFR 81-504
Reference (Reserve-Resource): USGS OFR 78-1-C
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 81-504, P. A4
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 81-504, P. A4 B5
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 81-504, P. A4 & B5
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