Admiralty-Alaska Mine

The Admiralty-Alaska Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Admiralty-Alaska Mine
Secondary: Lower Group: Tellurium Claim
Secondary: Upper Group: Heckler Claim, Patterson Claim

Commodity

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

Location

State: Alaska
District: Admiralty/Funter 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Funter Bay Anticline; Axial Plane: N15w, 38 E Dip

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Albite

Comments

Comment (Workings): TELLURIUM GROUP: TWO 100 FT SHAFTS AND CONNECTING CROSSCUTS; HECKLER AND UPPER GROUP: 70 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL TUNNELS INCLUDING ADIT DRIVEN S59E FOR 2600 FT INTO ROBERT BARRON PEAK; NUMEROUS SURFACE PITS AND OPEN CUTS; 37 PATENTED AND 125 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE AREA

Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS JOINTED AND FOLDED GREENSCHIST, QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST, GRAPHITIC PHYLLITE, MARBLE AND MINOR APLITE AND ALBITIZED DIORITE INTRUSIVES. AMPHIBOLE SCHIST OVERLAIN BY QUARTZ MICA SCHIST.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MERTIE LODE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): COORDINATES GIVEN FOR UPPERMOST GOLD-LODE WORKINGS; ADMIRALTY-ALASKA GOLD MINING CO. CLAIMS COVERED MOST OF THE AREA E OF FUNTER BAY AND NW OF ROBERT BARRON PEAK; SEE CADASTRAL COORDINATES FOR 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): FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES, ESPECIALLY SPHALERITE, AND CLEAR, RUGGY QUARTZ

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR ALASKA-ADMIRALTY, ALASKA DANO AND ALASKA EMPIRE PROPERTIES: 10,000-15,000 FINE OZ, MINED IN EARLY 1900'S, USGS OFR 84-572, P. 179, NO. 137A

Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS PARALLEL NE TRENDING, SE DIPPING QUARTZ VEINS 3-10 FT WIDE, AVE. 3 FT WIDE; FREE GOLD, AURIFEROUS PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN GANGUE OF WHITE QUARTZ, VITREOUS QUARTZ, ALBITE, CARBONATE AND QUARTZ-CHLORITE; SCHISTS ADJACENT TO VEINS ALSO CONTAIN FREE GOLD AND SULFIDES

Comment (Development): ABOUT 100 CLIAMS IN 2 GROUPS, DISCOVERED 1887; DEVELOPMENT BEGAN 1894 ON TELLURIUM GROUP NEAR BEACH; MINED IN EARLY 1900'S; DEVELOPMENT UNTIL ABOUT 1936

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 287, P. 149

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 783, P. 41-46

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 137, 140

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GC 8, P. 19-20

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 69

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-056

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