The Apollo Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Apollo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apollo Mine
Secondary: Apollo Consolidated
Secondary: Alaska Apollo
Secondary: Sitka
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Plunging Shoot
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitized
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.3 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 0.3 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: 0.6% CU
Analytical Data: 1% PB
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF VEIN INTERCEPTS IN 10 RECENT DRILL HOLES SHOW UP TO 14% ZN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE SITKA MINE IS INCLUDED HERE UNDER APOLLO BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY, GEOLOGIC SIMILARITY, COMMON OWNERSHIP, AND CURRENT EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS WHICH COVER BOTH SITES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM
Comment (Development): MAJOR OPERATIONS ENDED EARLY 1900'S. SPORADIC MINOR ACTIVITY UNTIL WORLD WAR II. CURRENT (1983) EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
Comment (Deposit): RETICULATED QUARTZ VEINS IN FRACTURED AND ALTERED TERTIARY ANDESITE AND DACITE
Comment (Geology): SMALL TERTIARY GRANITIC PLUTONS IN VICINITY.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-909, P. 39.
Reference (Deposit): ALASKA CONSTRUCTION AND OIL, VOL 24, NO 9, P. 28-30.
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 467, P. 21, 125-126.
Reference (Production): USGS OFR 80-909, P. 39.; ALASKA CONSTRUCTION AND OIL, VOL 24, NO 9, P 28. ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 13
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 13
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