The White Elephant is a silver mine located in Alaska.
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White Elephant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Elephant
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Galena has oxidized to cerusite and a mixture of lead-oxide and limonite.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A 20-foot adit had been driven on a flat-lying massive sulfide lens which is parallel to the enclosing schists (Chapin, 1914). A five-inch-thick lens of this material was milled and reportedly contained significant silver values. Sulfide minerals include galena and pyrite which are oxidized to iron-oxide and lead-oxide. The adit was caved and inaccessible by 1931 (Hill, 1933).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hill, 1933
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A 20-foot adit had been driven but was caved by 1931 (Hill, 1933).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic carbonate replacement.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = argentiferous galena
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.
Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.
Reference (Deposit): Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.
Reference (Deposit): Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.
Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.
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