Williams Gentzler Mine

The Williams Gentzler Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Williams Gentzler Mine
Secondary: Ethel Mining Co.

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

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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): ABOUT 100 FT OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING 30 FT DRIFT ON VEIN; ORE WAS TREATED ON 10 FT DIAMETER GASOLINE POWERED ARRASTRE WITH CAPACITY OF ABOUT 2 TONS/24 HOURS

Comment (Location): LABELLED CASH MINE ON VALDEZ A7 QUADRANGLE, 1960 (MINOR REVISIONS 1970). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): EXPLORATION OR DEVELOPMENT REPORTED OVER SEVERAL YEARS BETWEEN 1910 AND 1928; PROBABLY WAS MINOR PRODUCTION SHORTLY BEFORE 1915

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS 18 TO 24 IN THICK CARRYING GOLD, PYRRHOTITE, PYRITE AND GALENA; ONE ORE SHOOT WAS 25 TO 30 FT LONG

Comment (Geology): IN VALDEZ GROUP ROCKS; ROCK TYPE NOT SPECIFIED IN LITERATURE

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

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 520, P. 127

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 164

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 30

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR-80-892B, LOC. 24

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-24

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