Silver Queen Mine

The Silver Queen Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Queen Mine
Secondary: Alaska Gastineau Mining Co., American Gold Mining Co.,
Secondary: Silver Queen Group
Secondary: Claims: Ascension, Ibex, Glacier, Silver Queen

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead

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: 1889
Year Last Production: 1903
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Structural Trend Cut By Ew Cross Faults; Minor Ne Plunging Folds

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RATIO OF AU: AG WAS ABOUT 1:20

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): 13 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS; LAST REPORTED MINING 1903; CONSOLIDATEDWITH PERSEVERANCE MINE IN 1911 AS PART OF ALASKA GASTINEAU MINING CO.; SEE WORKINGS COMMENTS

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1887-8

Comment (Deposit): SE EXTENSION OF ALASKA JUNEAU LODE SYSTEM; ZONE 400-500 FT WIDE CONTAINS SEVERAL LENTICULAR, SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING VEINS FROM 1-12 FT WIDE, VEINS ARE SLIGHTLY DIVERGENT FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM NEARBY SLATE/GREENSTONE CONTACT; VEINS LOCALLY FEATHER OUT INTO STRINGER LEADS; MINING WAS ON 4 MAJOR VEINS ALONG 400 TO 900 FT HORIZONTAL DISTANCE IN STOPES FROM 400 TO 600 FT ALONG DIP; MINERALS IN VEINS INCLUDED: PYRRHOTITE, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE, PYRARGYRITE, NATIVE AG, GOLD AND RARE STIBNITE

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1903: 2600 FT OF DRIFTS ON 3 LEVELS WITH 500 FTOF CONNECTING RAISES AT SILVER QUEEN MINE, 3200 FT OF DRIFTS ON 4 LEVELS WITH 1200 FT OF RAISES AT GLACIER MINE AND A FEW HUNDRED FT OF WORKINGS AT IBEX; REPORTED CAVED IN 1985; SILVER QUEEN AND GLACIER WORKINGS CONNECTED IN 1903; MAY HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO SHEEP CREEK ADIT

Comment (Location): COORDINATES ARE FOR SILVER QUEEN-GLACIER WORKINGS; IBEX WORKINGS ARE LOCATED AT LAT:58-17-08 LONG:134-19-05; UNLABELED ADIT SYMBOLS ON JUNEAU B1, 1:63360 QUAD. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): STIBNITE OCCURS IN MINUTE RADIATING CRYSTALS IN CALCITE; NO ECONOMIC IMPORT

Comment (Geology): METAMORPHISM OF COUNTRY ROCK IS RELATED TO THE EMPLACEMENT OF THE COAST RANGE BATHOLITH IN LATE CRETACEOUS TO EARLY TERTIARY; DEPOSIT IS IN GRAPHITIC SLATE ADJACENT TO CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING GREENSTONE AND GREENSCHIST SERIES; SILL-LIKE AMPHIBOLITE BODIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS "METAGABBRO", "GREEN DIORITE", AND "ALTERED TUFF BEDS" IN DIFFERENT REFERENCES. PERSEVERANCE SLATE; BLACK GRAPHITIC SLATE, PHYLLITE AND SEMISCHIST; LOW TO HIGH GREENSCHIST FACIES. GASTINEAU VOLCANICS; MZ TUFFS, LAVA FLOWS AND SLATES METAMORPHOSED TO GREENSTONE AND GREENSCHIST.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: PERSEVERANCE; ALASKA-JUNEAU ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS 18TH ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 3, P. 62-63, 73-75

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 287, P. 4, 36-37, 50-55

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 542, P. 32

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 800, P. 327

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 185

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-395

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-172

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