The Tolovana Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Tolovana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tolovana Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tungsten
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
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1931
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 38. MINE ABOUT 25 FT. ABOVE WILLOW CREEK AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,300 FT., A LITTLE MORE THAN ONE-EIGHTH OF A MILE UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF WILLOW AND CLEARY CREEKS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINE DEVELOPED BY EXTENSIVE WORKINGS. INTERMITTANT MINING REPORTED FROM 1910 TO 1931. MILL ON PROPERTY. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 13 CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD, STIBNITE, ARSENOPYRITE, SCHEELITE, AND PYRITE BEARING LODE IN STRINGERS OR VEINLETS OF QUARTZ CUTTING SILICIFIED SCHIST. IN MANY PLACES COUNTRY ROCK CLOSE TO VEIN IS HEAVILY IMPREGNATED WITH SULFIDES, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE WALL ROCK IS SOMEWHAT CALCAREOUS. FREE GOLD VISIBLE IN BOTH QUARTZ AND STIBNITE. SOME OF STIBNITE IS BLADED, SOME IS MASSIVE, AND SOME IS DISSEMINATED.
Comment (Workings): 900 FT. OF WORKINGS STILL ACCESSIBLE IN 1949.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ STRINGERS 1 TO 3 IN. WIDE, SEPERATED BY A CONSIDERABLE THICKNESS OF SCHIST. QUARTZ IS FROZEN TO WALL ROCK SO FIRMLY THAT BLASTING DOES NOT SEPERATE THEM. QUARTZ CUT SCHIST IS HARD TO CRUSH.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 38.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 525, P. 183-185
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 592, P. 339-340
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-B, P. 91-92.
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