Monte Carlo Mine

The Monte Carlo Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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: Monte Carlo Mine
Secondary: Cook and Barrett Property
Secondary: Chesna
Secondary: Sunshine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead

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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Name: SUNSHINE CLAIM
Form: TABULAR

Name: MONTE CARLO CALIM
Form: TABULAR

Name: CHESNA CLAIM
Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CHESNA CLAIM: 3 TO 4 FT THICK QUARTZ VEIN WITH PYRITE AND HIGH GOLD VALUES, PINCHES OUT INTO STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ STRINGERS IN SLATE COUNTRY ROCK; MONTE CARLO CLAIM: QUART VEIN UP TO 5 FT THICK, TRACEABLE ONLY50 FT, CARRIES AU, PYRITE AND GALENA; SUNSHINE CLAIM: QUARTZ VEIN FROM 2 IN TO 1 FT THICK, E TO N 60 E IN STRIKE

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS MF-438, LOC. 24; POINT IS COINCIDENT WITH CENTER OF SEC. 29, T. 7S., R. 6W. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): CHESNA CLAIM: NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY WAS SOME GIVEN THE EXTENT OF UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT; MONTE CARLO MINE: 4 TONS OF SURFACE ORE MILLED IN 1913; NO OTHER DATA

Comment (Development): MOST, IF NOT ALL, ACTIVITY WAS BEFORE 1915

Comment (Workings): CHESNA CLAIM: 750 FT OF WORKINGS ON THREE LEVELS; MONTE CARLO CLAIM: SURFACE CUTS FROM WYICH ORE WAS TAKEN AND AOUT 170 FT OF UNDERGROUNDWORKINGS, MOST OF WHICH WERE NOT ON VEIN; SUNSHINE: 25 FT TUNNEL DRIVENABOUT 1911

Comment (Geology): SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK AT MONTE CARLO STRIKES N 70 E WITH 70 WDIP

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

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 20

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-20

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 520, P. 125-126

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 6228 P. 165,168

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 24

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