Valdez Mine

The Valdez Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Valdez Mine
Secondary: Valdez Mining Co.
Secondary: Ibex

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
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

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): GOLD AND PYRITE IN RIBBON QUARTZ WAS MAIN ORE; MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZALSO AURIFEROUS, BUT LOWER GRADE

Comment (Location): POSITION IS PLOTTED ON VALDEZ A6 QUADRANGLE AS IBEX MINE; THE VALDEZ CLAIM GROUP AND IBEX ARE PROBABLY ON SAME VEIN AND WITHIN 1500 FT OF EACH OTHER LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): VALDEZ: LOCATED 1910, DEVELOPED 1911-1920, MINOR PRODUCTION INCIDENTAL TO DEVELOPMENT, AMOUNT UNKNOWN; IBEX: LOCATED 1910, DEVELOPED 1910-1911 BY 200 FT TUNNEL THAT LOST VEIN AFTER 100 FT

Comment (Workings): VALDEZ: PROBABLY ABOUT 1000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DRIVEN BETWEEN 1911 AND 1920; PRESENT CONDITIONS UNKNOWN; IBEX: 200 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN BETWEEN 1910 AND 1911 LOST VEIN AFTER 100 FT

Comment (Geology): SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK: N 75 E; 75 N DIPPING. SCHISTOSE GRAYWACKE INTERBEDDED WITH SLATE.

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

Comment (Deposit): VALDEZ:QUARTZ VEIN 5 TO 6 FT THICK AT OUTCROP, 3 TO 8 FT IN WORKINGS, LOCALLY UP TO 10.5 FT, STRIKE N 60 W, DIP 75 S, INCLUDES 24 TO 50 IN BANDED QUARTZ WITH PYRITE AND FREE GOLD; IBEX: VEIN UP TO 4 FT WIDE

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 520, P. 127-128

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 152-153, 162

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 33

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 25

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-25

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