Apollo Consolidated Gold Mine

The Apollo Consolidated Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 98 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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