Friday Gold Mine

The Friday Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 400 feet.

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Mine Info

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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

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Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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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: 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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