The Banjo Mine, Red Top Mining Company is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Banjo Mine, Red Top Mining Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Banjo Mine, Red Top Mining Company
Secondary: Eureka Group: Red Top Mine: Prospects: Julen
Secondary: Jupiter-Mars
Secondary: Claims: Silver King
Secondary: Merry Widow
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1941
Year: 1940
Year: 1939
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Year Last Production: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large, Open Antiform, Locally Overturned, Plunges To Ne
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1939-1941 CONCENTRATE RAN 19.6-35.6 OZ AU AND 52.3-92.5 OZ AG PER TON, 13.8% TO 19.7% PB, 0.9% TO 1.6% ZN, 2.9% TO 4.75% AS, 0.13% TO 0.16% CU, ADGGS OF 98, P. 26
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL THOUSAND FT OF NOW CAVED WORKINGS; SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF BLOCKED ORE REMAINS IN BANJO LODE WORKINGS; MILL ON SITE
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPLE LODE PRODUCER OF THE KANTISHNA DISTRICT; SEE ALSO: EUREKA CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): HAS BEEN DIAMOND DRILLED; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS INTERSECTION OF BANJO LODE AND JUPITER-MARS LODE IN UPPER LUCKY GULCH, USBM OF 24-78, P. 4-30
Comment (Commodity): RELATIONSHIP OF COMMODITIES TO ORE MINERALS UNCERTAIN
Comment (Production): AS MUCH AS 0.5% SCHEELITE IN ORE WAS NEVER RECOVERED
Comment (Location): LABELLED "RED TOP MINE" ON BOTH QUADS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17, 20
Comment (Deposit): NE TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN SYSTEM SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET IN VERTICAL EXTENT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 687, P. 101-102
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P. 8, 11, 16-18, 26, 33 LOC. 31 AND 32
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 10
Reference (Deposit): USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P. 4-26 THROUGH 4-30
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 83-12, P. 17, 20
Reference (Production): ADGGS OF 98, P. 26
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