Tolovana Mine

The Tolovana Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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

Name: Tolovana Mine  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 65.06333, -147.45000

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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

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Workings

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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

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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

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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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