Gold Dollar Mine

The Gold Dollar Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Dollar Mine

Commodity

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

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

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Kantishna Antiform

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Fault System

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Reported

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ADGGS OFR 98, P. 43 NO. 23
Analytical Data: 0.08 TO 0.20 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 12.70 TO 159.58 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: 4.6 TO 35.19 % PB
Analytical Data: 5.0 TO 37.7% ZN
Analytical Data: RANGE OF ASSAY VALVES FOR 5 SAMPLES: 0.25 TO 0.90% CU

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bournonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stephanite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P.17

Comment (Workings): 38 FT SHAFT AND A TUNNEL WERE CAVED IN 1931; SHAFT REOPENED 1976

Comment (Geology): PROBABLY SAME VEIN AS GOLDEN EAGLE LODE

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: GOLDEN EAGLE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): MINED IN 1973; A CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE OF RECOVERABLE ORE WAS EXPOSED IN SHAFT IN 1975

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ SIDERITE VEIN RANGES FROM 4 TO 15 FT IN WIDTH; TRACEABLE STRIKE LENGTH OF 400 FT

Comment (Commodity): ORE IS CHIEFLY GALENA AND TETRAHEDRITE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1920-1921, 1973; 638 TONS OF ORE CONTAINED 76120 OZ AG, 159.5 OZ AU AND 273160 LB PB; ADGGS OFR98, P. 25

References

Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, ALASKA, IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF AK, 1922: JUNEAU, AK, P. 128

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 836, P. 329-330

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-F, P. 366-367

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 9-10, 25, 32 LOC. 23, 43

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 7

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 24-78, P.4-23 TO 4-26

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

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