The Wetzier Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Wetzier Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wetzier Mine
Secondary: Quail Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Tonsina
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA ON TENOR
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: USGS BULL 866, PLATE 1
Comment (Production): 3 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO TACOMA SMELTER IN 1914; NO OTHER DATA
Comment (Geology): CLEAVAGE IN SCHISTOSE GRAYWACKE STRIKES N 75 W, DIPS 50 S; COUNTRY ROCK CUT BY JOINT SET WITH N S W STRIKE, NEAR VERTICAL. GRAYWACKE AND SLATE, FOLDED, SHEARED AND INTRUDED BY DIORITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: TELLURIDE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS AND ABOUT 200 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; AARRASTRE ON PROPERTY
Comment (Development): 10 CLAIMS LOCATED AS QUAIL GROUP IN 1917; CLAIMS RELOCATED IN 1959AS WETZLER GROUP; ASSESSMENT WORK REPORTED AT LEAST THROUGH 1971
Comment (Deposit): 2 EN ECHELON VEINS, EACH ABOUT 1 FT THICK, CONTAIN FREE GOLD, CHALCOPYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA AND SPHALERITE; VEINS ARE CUT OFF OR OFFSET BY DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 180-181
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 866, P. 27-29
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 48-49
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GC 15, P. 3
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8626, P. 19
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 49
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 40
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-40
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