Olympia Claim

The Olympia Claim is a silver and lead mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Olympia Claim
Secondary: Fish Creek Group

Commodity

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

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hyder

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE CRYSTALS UP TO 1 IN ACROSS IN QUARTZ STRINGER

Comment (Development): PATENTED CIRCA 1920; SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS TO TACOMA SMELTER IN 19 16-17

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN 15-24 IN WIDE, AVERAGES LESS THAN 1 FT, CONTAINS GALENA, PYRITE, SUBORDINATE TETRAHEDRITE, SPHALERITE AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE; MINOR FREIBERGITE OCCURS LOCALLY; ORE SHOOTS TAKE UP ENTIRE WIDTH OF VEIN IN SOME SPOTS; VEIN TERMINATES ON FAULT; SCHEELITE REPORTED IN 3 IN WIDE QUARTZ STRINGER FOUND IN FIRST 40 FT OF ADITS 4 AND 6

Comment (Workings): THREE CLOSELY SPACED ADITS; ADITS NO. 4, 5 AND 6 HAD LENGTHS OF 60, 109, AND 185 FT RESPECTIVELY; ADITS 4 AND 5 CONNECTED BY RAISE; ADIT NO. 6 WAS FLOODED BY 1929; VEIN WAS STOPED FOR 30 FT ABOVE ADIT NO. 4

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: VEIN LIES NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE AND INTENS ELY FRACTURED SLICKENSIDED BROWN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF HAZELTON (?) GROUP; CUT BY SERIES OF FAULTS RUNNING N 30 E WITH STEEP NW DIPS. HAZELTON GROUP; GREENSTONE, GRAYWACKE AND SLATE. GRANODIORITE IS LTRI-EJUR HORNBLENDE K/AR AGES OF 206 M.Y. AND 200 M.Y., USGS OFR 78-73A.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: STARBOARD CLAIMS, NEVADA CLAIMS; FISH CREEK GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): APPROX. LOCATION OF ADIT NO. 4 AS SHOWN ON PLATE 13 OF USGS BULL 1 024-F LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

References

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

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 807, P. 69-70

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 722, P. 136-137

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

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