The Thompson-Ford Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Thompson-Ford Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thompson-Ford Mine
Secondary: Owl
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: 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
Type: Underground
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
Name: OWL CLAIM
Form: TABULAR
Name: THOMPSON FORD MINE
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 SAMPLES FROM THOMPSON-FORD MINE, QUARTZ VEINS SHOWED THE FOLLOWING RANGES: AG: NOT DETECTED TO 0.5 PPM, AU: NOT DETECTED TO 0.30 PPM, CU: 7 PPM TO 100 PPM, PB: 10 PPM TO 95 PPM, ZN: NOT DETECTED TO 30 PPM, SAMPLES 79BS032, -A, -B AND -C, PICKTHORN, 1982 M. S. THESIS
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK: STRIKE N 75 TO 85 E, DIP 55 TO 75 N
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: CLIFF MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): ORE SHIPMENT FROM THOMPSON-FORD MINE TO TACOMA SMELTER IN 1913; NO DATA ON AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): WORKED BETWEEN 1911 TO 1916; ORE SHIPMENT TO TACOMA SMELTER IN 1913 FROM THOMPSON-FORD MINE; OWL PROPERTY RESTAKED IN 1914 AS OREGON AND WASHINGTON CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): THOMPSON FORD MINE: QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGING 8 IN WIDE CARRIES PYRITE, GALENA AND FREE GOLD, STRIKES N 35 TO 60 W WITH NEAR VERTICAL DIP; OWL CLAIM: SHEAR ZONE STRIKES NW, DIPS 30 E, CONTAINS STRINGERS AND LENSES OF QUARTZ UP TO 18 IN WIDE CARRYING PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE GALENA AND SPHALERITE
Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: PICKTHORN, WILLIAM, 1982, STABLE ISOTOPE AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF THE PORT VALDEZ GOLD DISTRICT, U. C. L. A. MASTER'S THESIS, SAMPLE LOCATION MAP, SHEET 2. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Workings): THOMPSON-FORD CLAIMS: ABOUT 735 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE COMPLETED BY 1914 IN TWO TUNNELS; OWL CLAIM: 190 FT OF WORKINGS BY 1914
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-16
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 520, P. 125
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 177, 180-181
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 19
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 16
Reference (Deposit): PICKTHORN, WILLIAM, 1982, STABLE ISOTOPE AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF THE PORT VALDEZ GOLD DISTRICT, SOUTHERN ALASKA: LOS ANGELES, CA, U. C. L. A. M. S. THESIS, 66 P.
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