The Horrible Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Horrible Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horrible Mine
Secondary: Portland-Alaska Gold Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Berners Bay
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Year Last Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SPARSE PYRITE IS ONLY VISIBLE SULFID
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY AT LEAST 400 FT IN TUNNELS, 240 FT OF DRIFTS AND ONE OR MORE STOPES; 10-STAMP MILL
Comment (Deposit): PYRITE-BEARING QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN; GURIFEROUS; AVERAGE THICKNESS 5 FT, RANGES FROM .1-10 FT THICK; WELL DEFINED WALLS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: IVANHOE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS PRINTED ON JUNEAU D-4 QUAD., 1:63360 TO POGRAPHIC SERIES LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1896; MINED 1897-1898 AND IN 1901
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 160
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J090
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-090
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 287, P. 135-136
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 33
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 446, P. 39
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