The Mountain View Group - Skookum Vein is a silver, gold, zinc, 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 55.98611, -130.05278
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Mountain View Group - Skookum Vein MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain View Group - Skookum Vein
Secondary: Mountain View Group
Secondary: Fisg Creek No. 3 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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: Occurrence
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 Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Freibergite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MOUNTAIN VIEW-"GRAY COPPER" VEIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): PORTAL OF SKOOKUM TUNNEL, AS SHOWN ON PLATE 8, USGS BULL 1024-B LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): PATENTED BY JOHN HOVLAND CIRCA 1920
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN (OR VEINS) EXPOSED IN OPEN CUTS AND IN SKOOKUM TUNNEL: MAIN EXPOSURE IN TUNNEL TRACED FOR 400 FT; SOUTHERN 250 FT RANGES 3-4 FT IN WIDTH; NORTHERN PORTION BRANCHES INTO 2 VEINS ABOUT 10 FT APART, UPPER BRANCH SEVERAL IN WIDE, LOWER BRANCH 6 IN TO 2 FT (AVE. 1 FT) IN WIDTH OVER 75 FT, THEN NARROWS TO 5 FT 9 IN FOR ANOTHER 75 FT; BOTH BRANCHES MINERALIZED; ORE: AURIFEROUS PYRITE, GALENA, PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE, FREIBERGITE, TRACE ARSENOPYRITE; NUMEROUS EXPOSURES OF QUARTZ VEINS WITH SIMILAR DESCRIPTIONS IN SKOOKUM TUNNEL
Comment (Workings): SKOOKUM TUNNEL: WAS 325 FT IN LENGTH AND 100 FT DEEP IN 1925; LATER LENGTHENED TO MORE THAN 4200 FT IN ORDER TO UNDERCUT OTHER VEINS ON PROPERTY; NUMEROUS PITS, TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS ON CLAIM
Comment (Commodity): MAIN VALUES IN AU, AG, PB AND ZN
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-73B, NO. 6
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-78-73B-06
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1024-B, P. 34-37, PLATE 9
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 807, P. 64
Reference (Deposit): HOVLAND, JOHN, 1927, A REPORT ON THE PROPERTY OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW GOLD MINING CO., HYDER RECORDING DISTRICT, ALASKA: UNPUB., (AK TECH DATA FILES, MENLO PARK)
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