Minnie Prospect

The Minnie Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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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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