Sliscovich Mine

The Sliscovich Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sliscovich Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

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
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): ATTITUDE OF FRACTURES: N 30-60 DEGREES E, DIP 45-80 DEGREES W; CLEAVAGE IN SCHIST: N 55 DEGREES E, DIP 5 DEGREES NW.

Comment (Commodity): MORE THAN 50% OF AU OCCURS IN STIBNITE

Comment (Location): USGS MF-248, LOC. 15. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): 88-TON SHIPMENT CONTAINING 36% SB AND UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF AU AND AG SHIPPED, 1915.

Comment (Deposit): AU- AND STIBNITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN TRACEABLE FOR 3000 FT; PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM A FEW IN UP TO 45 IN; STIBNITE LENSES UP TO 13 IN. THICK ALONG FOOTWALL; MINED SECTION CONSISTED OF SUBEQUAL AMOUNTS OF AU-QUARTZ AND STIBNITE.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 315 FT. ADIT WITH INCLINED SHAFT DRIVEN 100 FT. ALONG VEIN; STIBNITE MINED FROM 70 FT. SLOPE ON 25-FT LEVEL; 58 FT. ADIT NEARBY APPARENTLY DID NOT CROSSCUT VEIN; SEVERAL SURFACE PITS.

Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT: 1905-1913; MINED SOLEY FOR AU UNTIL 1915, STIBNITE ORE MINED IN 1915; 7 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS, ENTRY YEAR: 1924, LAST ACTIVITY: 1971.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 314, P. 139.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 642, P. 29-30, 71.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 649, P. 50-51, 53-54.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 425-426, 437.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 185, 224, 226-227, 229-230.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-248, LOC. 15.

Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 96667, P. 28.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 33., LOC. 410.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-28

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 345, P. 244-245.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 592, P. 403-404.

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