Comet & Kensington Mines

The Comet & Kensington Mines is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Comet & Kensington Mines
Secondary: Eureka
Secondary: Sherman Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1901
Time Period: 1897-1901

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Veins In Comet Are In Diorite And Nearly Normal To Contact With Slate & Graywacke

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL OTHER LESSER PROPERTIES IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY ARE: BEAR, JOHNSON, SEWARD, OPHIR, NORTHERN BELL, AND HORRIBLE. ALL ARE QUARTZ VEINS IN DIORITE AT OR NEAR CONTACT. NORTHERN BELL MAY HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION, BUT DATA LACKING. JOHNSON LODE CUT BY EXTENSION OF KENSINGTON ADIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

Comment (Development): ALL OR NEARLY ALL PRODUCTION 1894 TO 1904. DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (SOME EXTENSIVE) OCCURRED PERIODICALLY UNTIL AT LEAST WORLD WAR II.

Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONES DESCRIBED AS "POCKETY" OR IN "BONANZAS".

Comment (Workings): LONG ADITS INTERSECTED MAIN ORES BODIES UP TO 2000 FT FROM PORTAL AND AT DEPTH OF UP TO 1000 FT BENEATH SURFACE.

Comment (Location): COMET AND KENSINGTON MINES AND OTHER LESSER PROPERTIES WERE CONSOLIDATED IN 1915 (APPROX). LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN COMET & KENSINGTON (AND WITHIN HALF MILE OF EACH). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SKAGWAY 1:250000

Comment (Production): COMET PRODUCTION COULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE RECORDED 22,250 OZ.

References

Reference (Production): USGS OFR 78-374

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 446, P 40-44

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 284, P. 32-33

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-374, P. 42-43, 81-82

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