Mansfield Gold Mining Co. Prospect

The Mansfield Gold Mining Co. Prospect is a gold and copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mansfield Gold Mining Co. Prospect
Secondary: Seattle Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska
District: Admiralty

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA ON POSSIBLE PRECIOUS METAL CONTENT

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS 3 TO 6 FT WIDE, ABOUT 100 FT APART, PARALLEL TO REGIONAL TREND; VEINS CARRY CHALCOPYRITE, PYRRHOTITE AND MINOR GALENA AND SPHALERITE

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717-LOC. 53 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): PRESENCE OF AU IS UNCERTAIN.

Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S

Comment (Workings): 20 FT TUNNEL ON MAIN VEIN DRIVEN BEFORE ABOUT 1916; SOME SURFACE STRIPPING; CLAIMS STAKED IN 1908 INCLUDED IN 1975-82 CLAIM BLOCK OF 81 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: ADMIRALTY-ALASKA, PORTAGE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P. 59

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 140

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 66

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-053

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