Red Wing Gold Prospect

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

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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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