Ellamar Mine

The Ellamar Mine is a copper mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ellamar Mine
Secondary: Gladhaugh Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc

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: 1901
Year Last Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.4% CU, 0.10 OZ/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS IN TETRAHEDRITE AND SPHALERITE. SPHALERITE CARRIES AS MUCH AS 4.35 OZ/TON AU

Comment (Production): SIGNIFICANT UNKNOWN QUANTITIES OF AU AND AG PRODUCED AS WELL. MAY BE SUBSTANTIAL PRODUCTION AFTER 1931 (?)

Comment (Deposit): STEEPLY PITCHING STRATABOUND LENTICULAR MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN GRAYWACKE AND SLATE. ASSOCIATED WITH PILLOW BASALTS AND DIABASE DIKE. HANGING WALL IS A BARREN LENS OF MASSIVE PYRITE

Comment (Workings): 8 LEVELS AND STOPES BETWEEN LEVELS. 4000 FT OF DRIFTS

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 605, P. 51-64, 87-92

Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 79-973, P. 19-22

Reference (Production): USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 79-973, P. 19 USGS B 849-B.

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