The Red Wing Gold Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 57.59694, -133.31444
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Red Wing Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Wing Gold Prospect
Secondary: Patented Lode Claims: Crown
Secondary: Blossom
Secondary: Lenark
Secondary: Red Wing
Secondary: Broad
Secondary: Cliff
Secondary: Bird
Secondary: Flossie
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Petersburg
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: 1897
Year Last Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1897
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
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE IN QUARTZ VEIN ASSAYED 0.70 PPM AU, 30 PPM AG-REF. 1, P. 127
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS B 1525, FIGS. 31, 33 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1897, 10-STAMP MILL BEGAN OPERATING IN 1901, TWO TUNNELS DRIVEN, MINE CLOSED IN 1902
Comment (Workings): 20 FT. CROSSCUT, 100 FT. OF 10 FT. HIGH DRIFT STOPE. MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF 600 FT. DRIFT STOPE, PORTALS CAVED AS OF 1974. 10-STAMP MILL SITE IN RUINS.
Comment (Deposit): 1 FT. THICK QUARTZ VEIN CROSSED FOLIATION OF SCHIST, CONTAINED SOME PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND CHALCOPYRITE, AND GOLD.
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIGS-31, 33
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 127, TABLES 14, 17, FIGS. 31, 33, PLATES 1, 3 (1984)
Reference (Deposit): USBM 91-86, TABLE 2, P. 5, 15, 16, 17, 22
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