Alaska Dano Mine

The Alaska Dano 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: Alaska Dano Mine
Secondary: War Horse Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HAND SORTED ORE RAN 4.85 OZ/TON AU, HIGH AG ASSAYS REPORTED, USGS OFR 78-374, P. 12

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): CADASTRAL COORDINATES SHOW APPROXIMATE AREA OF CLAIMS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): SPHALERITE REPORTED IN ONLY ONE REFERENCE

Comment (Development): 19 CLAIMS; WAR HORSE MINE DEVELOPED IN 1897 AND OPERATED IN 1900; 2 SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS MADE IN EARLY 1900'S; MINOR DEVELOPMENT UNTIL ABOUT 1929

Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS AND PYRITIFEROUS QUARTZ LENSES; MOST VEINS 0.5-2FT THICK, ONE VEIN 20-25 FT THICK; VISIBLE GOLD IN QUARTZ AND PYRRHOTITE; VEINS ALSO CARRY PYRITE, GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE

Comment (Workings): ORE SHIPPED IN 1900'S WAS TAKEN FROM VEINS EXPOSED IN SMALL CREEK JUST E OF TUNNEL ON CHATHAM CLAIM; DEVELOPMENT: 2 SHAFTS, 48 FT AND 125 FT, PLUS 320 FT OF DRIFTS ON WAR HORSE VEIN BY 1900; 64 FT TUNNEL AND 200 FT TUNNEL ADDED IN 1919; 76 FT OF TUNNELING IN 1929; 31 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Comment (Geology): NEAR MARGIN OF SMALL GRANITIC BODY

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: ALASKA EMPIRE, ADMIRALTY-ALASKA; SEE ESPECIALLY NOWELL-OTTERSON AND PRODUCTION COMMENTS FOR AK EMPIRE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

References

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

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 714, P. 116-118

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 662, P. 85, 92

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 259, P. 55

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-374, P. 10

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 72

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-059

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