The Alpha Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Alpha Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alpha Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna District; Kantishna Mining Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jim Fuksa Et Al.
Years: 1978 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Year Last Production: 1921
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Open, Nearly Symmetrical Kantishna Antiform Trending Ne
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Fault System
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED APPROXIMATELY 23 OZ/TON AG AND 18.5% PB
Analytical Data: SB: 8600, 2950, 27800
Analytical Data: AU: .20, 0.0, .22
Analytical Data: AG: 440, 320, 800
Analytical Data: ZN: 18500, 7500, 46500
Analytical Data: PB: 65000, 11500, 185000
Analytical Data: ASSAY (IN PPM) OF TWO GRAB SAMPLES AND ONE CHIP SAMPLE: CU: 2350, 800, 5000
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jamesonite
Gangue: Boulangerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): RELATIONSHIP OF COMMODITIES TO ORE MINERALS UNCERTAIN; CHALCOPYRITE IS DISSEMINATED IN SCHIST
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 10 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 2,000 OZ AG AND 25 OZ AU IN 1921; THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS EXPOSED FOR 300 FT ALONG STRIKE
Comment (Workings): ALL WORKINGS CAVED IN 1931; TUNNEL HAD BEEN 120 FT WITH 100 FT TIMBERED; 20 FT SHAFT SITUATED 60 FT S 25 W OF THE END OF THE TIMBERING
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
References
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
Reference (Deposit): USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P. 4-10A, 4-21 TO 4-23
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 3
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P. 9, 25, 29
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 849-F, P. 354, 358, 375-376
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