Handy-Andy Mining Co. Gold Prospect

The Handy-Andy Mining Co. Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 39 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Handy-Andy Mining Co. Gold Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Handy
Secondary: Andy

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Chichagof Fault Is 0.1 Mi. North

Type: L
Description: Graywacke Strikes N 50 Degrees-70 Degrees W, Dips Steeply South

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Commodity): NO DATA ON METAL CONTENT, BUT GOLD PROBABLY PRESENT

Comment (Location): USGS B 929, PLATE 1; USGS MF-467, LOC. 34 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS STAKED 1916. TUNNELS AND SHAFT DRIVEN 1916-1917. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED. ANDY CLAIM AT ONE TIME BELONGED TO CHICHAGOF EXTENSION MINING CO.

Comment (Deposit): LENTICULAR QUARTZ STRINGERS, CONTAINING PYRITE, IN OUTCROP 40 FT. ABOVE TUNNEL, IN GRAYWACKE. NO MENTION OF GOLD AS ORE MINERAL. TUNNELS EXPOSE FAULTS.

Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS DRIVEN-ANDY TUNNEL IS 57 FT. LONG, HANDY TUNNEL IS 80 FT. LONG, WITH INCLINED SHAFT 175 FT. LONG NEARBY.

Comment (Deposit): NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF GOLD, BUT AMOUNT OF WORKINGS INDICATE SOME GOLD WAS PROBABLY PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 929, P. 129, PLATES 1, 3 (1941)

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 692, P. 119-120 (1919)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-450, P. 55 (1978)

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-467, LOC. 34 (1972)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-929-PL-1

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