Silver Dick and Jennie claims

The Silver Dick and Jennie claims is a silver mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Dick and Jennie claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Rossman (1963, B 1121-K, p. K48) reports 'the country rock is extensively altered on each side of the fault [vein]', also that similar alteration is widespread. Rossman does not describe the alteration, but it likely is partly ankeritic.

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide silver-copper-bearing vein.

Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Rossman, 1963 (B 1121-K)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The deposit occurs in a hornfels- and marble-rich section of post-Silurian Paleozoic age, south of a large granite mass of Cretaceous age (Brew and others, 1978). Copper and silver minerals are associated with ankeritic quartz veins as much as 6 inches thick. The occurrence is in a north striking, west dipping vein that can be traced for several hundred feet on trend and about 100-ft vertically (Rossman, 1963, p. K48-49). Wire silver and tetrahedrite were found in veinlets in quartz at the property. MacKevett and others (1971, p. 69) reported barren ankerite-quartz and quartz-calcite veins in the same area. One ankeritic vein was described on the contact between marble and a 20-ft wide dioritic dike.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Paleozoic terrane; nearby intrusions of Cretaceous age. The occurrence is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The deposit was discovered about 1893 and two claims were patented in 1894. A sixty-five foot adit was driven on the Silver Dick claim; there were trenches on both claims (Kimball, and others 1978, p. C187-188). Landslides and rock falls have apparently partly covered the old prospect area.

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Silver (native)

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Possibly some hand-picked silver ore was mined in the 1890s.

References

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1971, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 632, 90 p., 12 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, AK: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Study Map MF-436, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Rossman, Darwin, 1963, Geology of the eastern part of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Glacier Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1121-K, p. K1-K57.

Reference (Deposit): Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources, in Brew, D. A., and others, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument wilderness study area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, p. C1-C375.

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p.

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