Golden Hand Apex Gold Mine

The Golden Hand Apex Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 351 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Golden Hand Apex Gold Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chichagof

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1921
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

Analytical Data: 23 FT. OF QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGED 0.34 OZ/TON AU ACROSS 3 FT. WIDTH. HIGH GRADE 0.02 FT. BY 3 FT. ZONE ASSAYED 187 OZ/TON AU, AND SINGLE SELECT SAMPLE ASSAYED 489 OZ/TON AU (WOW!), ACCORDING TO USGS MF-1476-B, P. 6.

Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): USGS MF-1476-B, LOC. 12; USGS MF-467, LOC. 22. PROSPECTS EXTEND WITHIN 0.5 MI RADIUS AROUND LOCATION, AND ARE MARKED ON SITKA (D-7) TOPO MAP. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS ESTABLISHED AS OF 1941, SEVERAL CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS DUG. MINOR PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1979, BUT FEW DETAILS GIVEN. CLAIMS CURRENTLY ACTIVE.

Comment (Deposit): FAULTS FOLLOW CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ DIORITE INTRUSION, WITH SMALL VEINLETS OF QUARTZ NEAR FAULTS. SMALL SPECKS OF GOLD VISIBLE IN QUARTZ VEINLETS.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, 150 FT. LONG SLOUGHED TRENCH, 140 FT. OF CROSSCUT, 85 FT. OF DRIFT, MOSTLY DUG IN 1920'S.

Comment (Deposit): DETAILS OF RECENT MINING IN 1979 ARE FEW. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-1476-B, LOC. 12, P. 6 (1982)

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 929, P. 136-137 (1941)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 84-572, P. 260, LOC. 32 (1984)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-450, P. 46 (1978)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-1476-B-12

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