The Peterson Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Peterson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peterson Mine
Secondary: Prairie Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Eagle River
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
Year Last Production: 1922
Discovery Year: 1897
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
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES OF QUARTZ WITH SPARSE ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE ASSAYED 10 PPM AU, .03-.3% AS AND TRACES OF ZN AND SB, USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J136
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TABULAR QUARTZ VEINS AND LENSES TRENDING NNW, DIPPING SHALLOWLY TO NE; VEINS AVERAGE 3-5 FT WIDE AND CARRY SPARSE ARSENOPYRITE AND TRACES OF FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ GANGUE WITH MINOR CARBONATE
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY 2 ADITS AND OPEN CUTS; ORE TREATED IN ARRASTRE UNTIL 1906, WHEN 3 STAMP MILL WAS INSTALLED; WORKINGS CAVED; 59 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS SLATE CUT BY NUMEROUS DIKES, INCLUDING ONE LAMPROPHYRE, OVERLAIN BY AUGITE MELAPHYRE LAVAS AND VOLCANIC BRECCIAS; DEPOSIT IS IN SLATE, NEAR LARGE SILL OF ALTERED AUGITE-HORNBLENDE DIORITE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: SMITH AND HEID, TREASURY HILL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): GOLD WAS 80% FREE MILLING
Comment (Location): SEE: USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 16 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): 11 CLAIMS STAKED IN 1897; MINED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1922; STRICTLY A SMALL, FAMILY OPERATION; MOST WORK WAS BETWEEN 1897-1920
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 502, P. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 714, P. 109
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ-100
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 159
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 84-572, P. 169, NO. 70
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 149
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-136
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 287, P. 126
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