Starboard Claims

The Starboard Claims is a silver and lead 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: Starboard Claims
Secondary: Fish Creek Group

Commodity

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

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hyder

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1917
Time Period: 1916-1917
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1916-1917
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1916-1917

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Production): 4 SORTED ORE LOTS SENT TO TACOMA SMELTER IN 1916 AND 1917

Comment (Development): PATENTED CIRCA 1920; SMALL AMOUNT OF SORTED ORE SHIPPED DURING W ORLD WAR I

Comment (Location): APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF NO. 2 ADIT, AS SHOWN ON USGS BULL 1024-F, PLATE 13 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Workings): 3 CLOSELY SPACED ADITS; STARBOARD NO. 1: ADIT NO. 1, 50 FT LONG AND ADIT NO. 2, 40 FT LONG WITH VERTICAL SEPARATION OF ABOUT 100 FT; STARBOARD NO. 2: ADIT NO. 3, 70 FT LONG, ABOUT 450 FT N 57 E OF ADITS 1 AND 2

Comment (Deposit): STARBOARD NO. 1: QUARTZ VEIN, N 35-40 W STRIKE, 65-70 NE DIP, VARIES FROM 2-3 FT WIDE TO STRINGER LODE, TRACED FOR 400 FT, FAIRLY LEAN MINERALIZATION; STARBOARD NO. 2: QUARTZ VEIN, N 60 W STRIKE, 65 NE DIP, 3 FT 9 IN AT PORTAL OF ADIT, BREAKS UP INTO STRINGERS, ORE SHOOTS UP TO 8 IN THICK CONTAIN GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE, SUBORDINATE CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE, AND MINOR SCHEELITE

Comment (Geology): VEINS IN GRANODIORITE AT CONTACT BETWEEN TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE AND GREENSTONE, GRAYWACKE AND SLATE OF THE HAZELTON (?) GROUP

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: OLYMPIA CLAIM, NEVADA CLAIM, FISH CREEK GROUP; NOTE: CLAIMS OF THE FISH CREEK GROUP SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE FISH CREEK CLAIMS ON THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CLAIM GROUP IMMEDIATELY TO THE S; PART OF THE FISH CREEK GROUP EXTENDS INTO THE BRADFIELD CANAL QUADRANGLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Production): USGS BULL 807, P. 70

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-78-73B-03

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 722, P. 128, 131, 134-137

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 807, P. 68-70

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1024-F, P. 138

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-73B, LOC. 3

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