The Admiralty-Alaska Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Admiralty-Alaska Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Admiralty-Alaska Mine
Secondary: Funter Bay
Secondary: Mertie Lode
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Admiralty District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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: 1896
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR (VEIN)
Form: TABULAR (VEIN)
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pentlandite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SEVERAL REFERENCES SHOW RESERVES APPROXIMATELY AS REPORTED. RESERVES OF GOLD ORE CONTAINING 0.5 TO 1 OZ/TON ARE MENTIONED BUT NO TONNAGES GIVEN.
Comment (Production): GOLD PRODUCTION OF 10,000-15000 OZ (EST) INCLUDES SOME PRODUCTION OF NEARBY ALASK-DANO & HAWK INLET PROPERTIES
Comment (Development): SUBSTANTIAL DIAMOND DRILLING ON CU-NI-CO DEPOSIT IN GABBRO PIPE
Comment (Deposit): TWO DEPOSIT TYPES. QUARTZ VEINS WITH GOLD, PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE. GABBRO PIPE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE, PENTLANDITE, CHALCOPYRITE
Comment (Deposit): ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AS GOLD MINE WORKING QUARTZ VEINS. LATER DISCOVERY OF "MERTIE LODE" WHICH IS CU-NI-CO DEPOSIT IN GABBRO PLUG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-374, P. 6-10
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1155, P. 1-10
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 46
Reference (Production): USGS OFR 78-374
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