Alaska Empire Mine

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Alaska Empire Mine
Secondary: Williams Property
Secondary: Hawk Inlet Mining Co.

Commodity

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

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

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Type: L
Description: Tight Isoclinal Folds; Two Sets Of Persistent Fractures Strike N-S And N 20-40 E, Dip Steeply E

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TWO 6-12 FT SAMPLES TAKEN IN 1983 IN GLORY HOLE CONTAINED 1-5 PPM AG AND TRACE AU, PB AND ZN, USGS OFR 85-717, P. 77
Analytical Data: 0.38 OZ/TON AU, 0.50 OZ/TON AG OVER 18 FT SAMPLE WIDTH AND 0.34 OZ/TON AU, 0.40 OZ/TON AG OVER 15 FT SAMPLE WIDTH, USGS BULL 783, PLATE 3

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Development): 96 CLAIMS; MINED INTERMITTENTLY 1923-1940; ALL PRODUCTION WAS FROM WILLIAMS VEIN

Comment (Deposit): SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF VEINS AT ADMIRALTY-ALASKA PROPERTIES; SEE ALSO: ADMIRALTY-ALASKA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Geology): AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY GOLD QUARTZ LODES IN QUARTZ MICA SCHIST INTERBEDDED WITH PHYLLITE, LOCALLY ISOCLINALLY FOLDED AND CUT BY THIN FINE GRAINED DIKES; ADJACENT TO LARGE BODY OF GNEISS, SCHIST AND SEMISCHIST METAMORPHOSED FROM INTERMEDIATE GRANITIC PROTOLITH

Comment (Deposit): 10 QUARTZ VEINS, 2.5 TO 50 FT WIDE, TRACEABLE FOR 500 FT TO 2000 FT, CARRY ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED PRECIOUS METALS PLUS PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE; WILLIAMS VEIN IS 20-50 FT WIDE, 500 FT LONG, 200-400 FT IN VERTICAL EXTENT; COMPOSED OF WHITE, MASSIVE BARREN QUARTZ AND BLUISH, FRIABLE QUARTZ WITH PYRITE AND RARE PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE AND 1-34 PPM AU AND AG

Comment (Workings): VEIN ON BATELLA NO. 1/WILLIAMS NO. 4 CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY 353 FT TUNNEL, 48 FT WINZE AND 4 OPEN CUTS IN 1923; SHORT TUNNELS AND SURFACE TRENCHING ON OTHER VEINS; CAVED; 30 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Comment (Location): COORDINATES GIVEN FOR SHAFT AND CROSSCUT ON BATELLA NO. 1 CLAIM; MOST DEVELOPED OF THE WILLIAMS PROPERTY CLAIMS; CADASTRAL COORDINATES SHOW APPROXIMATE EXTENT OF CLAIMS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

References

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GC 8, P. 14-15, 20

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 783, P. 41-44, 47-50

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 84-572, P. 180, NO. 144

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLB 864-A, P. 17

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 137

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 773, P. 12, 72

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 77

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-064

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