The Friday Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 400 Feet (122 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 57.97861, -133.78944
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Friday Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Friday Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
Year Last Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1895
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BEST VALUE: 1.261 TOZ/ST AU-USBM OFR 85-86, P. 46
Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF 20 SAMPLES: 0.19 TOZ/ST AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): USBM OFR 85-86, FIG. 4, LOC. 154 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): FAULT AND MINERALIZATION VERY SIMILAR TO CRYSTAL MINE (SD-1) AND PROBABLY RELATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): OPERATIONS BEGAN IN 1899 UNDER ALASKA SNETTISHAM GOLD MINING CO. BY 1903, 20-STAMP MILL IN OPERATION. 2 ADITS DRIVEN. PRODUCTION CEASED 1904.
Comment (Workings): 2 MAIN ADITS, 750 FT. AND 600 FT. LONG, SMALL 20 FT. ADIT, 20-STAMP MILL.
Comment (Commodity): GOLD-BEARING PYRITE
Comment (Deposit): 1-6 FT. THICK QUARTZ VEIN FILLS THRUST FAULT IN PYROXENITE. ORE CONSISTS MAINLY OF GOLD-BEARING PYRITE WITH LOCAL CHALCOPYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM OF 85-86, P. 46, FIG. 4, LOC. 154 (1986)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-698, P. 12 (1978)
Reference (Other Database): USBM-OFR-85-86-FIG-4-154
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