The Minnie Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Minnie Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnie Prospect
Secondary: Olson
Secondary: Bald Mountain Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Port Valdez
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): MINNIE CLAIM: LOCATED 1911; PRODUCTION 1913, ASSESSMENT WORK 1916; OLSON: LOCATED 1911, DEVELOPMENT 1913-1917, NO DATA ON PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): MINNIE CLAIM: QUARTZ VEIN 4 TO 24 IN, AVERAGING 9 IN IN WIDTH WITH STRIKE OF N 70 W AND 55 S DIP CARRIES PYRITE, GALENA AND GOLD; OLSON CLAIM: QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS WITH PYRITE, GALENA AND SPHALERITE, ONE VEIN WAS 4 TO 18 IN WIDE WITH N 75 W STRIKE AND 65 N DIP, ANOTHER PARALLEL VEIN UP TO 7 FT WIDE, AU NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN REFERENCES TO OLSON, BUT PROBABLY PRESENT
Comment (Workings): MINNIE CLAIM: EXPLORED BY SHORT TUNNELS AND SURFACE STRIPPING, LONGEST TUNNEL 35 FT, IN 1914; OLSON CLAIM: ABOUT 250 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DRIVEN BY 1916 PLUS SOME OPEN CUTS; CURRENT CONDITIONS UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES N 60 TO 84 E, DIPS 70 TO 77 N
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: CAMERON-JOHNSON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS MF-438, LOC. 4 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): ON MINNIE PROPERTY, 1 STAMP MILL RAN FOR ABOUT 25 DAYS IN 1913; ABOUT 4 TONS ORE MILLED; NO OTHER DATA
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 153, 179-180
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 4
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 3
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-03
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 592, P. 63, 238
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