The Groundhog Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Groundhog Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Groundhog Mine
Secondary: Alaska Perseverance Mining Co.
Secondary: Alaska Gastineau Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Gold Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
Year Last Production: 1893
Discovery Year: 1881
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE ABOUT 800 FT BY 250 FT; QUARTZ-CALCITE-SULPHIDE VEINS, PROBABLY SIMILAR TO PERSEVERANCE; LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THIS SITE
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM UNPUBLISHED CLAIM MAP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINED IN 1893; OPERATIONS CEASED DUE TO LOW GRADE ORE AND HIGH TRANSPORTATION COSTS; PROPERTY CONSOLIDATED WITH PERSEVERANCE MINE IN 1911 AS PART OF ALASKA GASTINEAU ENTERPRISE
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS AND PITS DUG IN 1893; ORE WAS TRAMMED THROUGH DRAINAGE TUNNEL OF OLD PLACER OPERATION TO 20 STAMP MILL
Comment (Geology): CONTACT BETWEEN PERSEVERANCE SLATE AND GREENSTONE OF GASTINEAU VOLCANICS CROSSES PROPERTY; MINING WAS IN GREENSTONE AND DIORITE DIKES IN GREENSTONE; MAY BE "METAGABBRO" OF PERSEVERANCE SLATE UNIT
Comment (Deposit): SEE: PERSEVERANCE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 287, P. 73-74
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 181
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-168
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