The Apollo Consolidated Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 98 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 98 Feet (30 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 55.19111, -160.56222
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Apollo Consolidated Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apollo Consolidated Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1891
Discovery Year: 1891
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAIN ORE BODY AVERAGED ABOUT 0.4 OZ/TON AU-USGS OF 80-909
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION FROM 1891-1904, PRODUCTION RESUMED IN 1908, SMALL-SCALE PRODUCTION UNTIL WORLD WAR II. EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION FROM 1980-86 BY ALASKA APOLLO GOLD MINES, LTD.
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; ONE TUNNEL MORE THAN 6,000 FT. LONG. APOLLO NO. 1 SHAFT DEWATERED TO 450 FT. LEVEL IN WINTER OF 1981-82 BY ALASKA APOLLO GOLD MINES, LTD.. 60 STAMP MILL IN OPERATION IN 1890'S, EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Geology): PROPYLITIZED ANDESITE AND DACITE.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-443, LOC. 6 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): 15 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS, 1 PATENTED MILL CLAIM, 19 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS PURCHASED BY ALASKA APOLLO GOLD MINES, LTD. IN 1986, INCLUDING APOLLO, SITKA, AND SHUMAGIN MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): RETICULATED NETWORK OF MINERALIZED FRACTURES IN INTENSELY ALTERED (PROPYLITIZED) TERTIARY ANDESITE AND DACITE CONTAINING FREE GOLD, PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND NATIVE COPPER IN GANGUE OF QUARTZ AND SUBORDINATE CALCITE AND ORTHOCLASE. ORE BODY STRIKES N 20 DEGREES E, AND IS 5-40 FT. WIDE. ORE BODY FORMS SHOOT THAT PITCHES NORTHWARD TO A DEPTH OF 800 FT., AND COMES TO THE SURFACE AT 600 FT. ELEVATION TO THE SOUTH. COUNTRY ROCK IS MINERALIZED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT ON EITHER SIDE OF MAIN ORE BODY. MAIN SHOOT HAS BEEN MINED OUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-443, LOC. 6 (1972)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 80-909, P. 39 (1980)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 379, P. 149-150 (1909)
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR 33, P. 17, 18 (1983)
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SR 39, P. 49-50 (1986)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-443-6
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