The Alaska Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,219 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: 3,219 Feet (981 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.19528, -112.86000
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Alaska Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alaska Mine
Secondary: Sullivan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Martinez District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Brown, John
Home Office: Phoenix, Az
Owner Name: United Gold Mines Co., Navajo Exploration Co.
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Granite Is Massive And Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Andesite Dikes Which Trend E-W To Ne And Dip At Low Angles, Less Than 40 Deg.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAIN SHAFT OF CONGRESS MINE. SHAFT 1250 FT ESE OF ALASKA SHAFT IS ON PHILADELPHIA PATENTED CLAIM AND MAY BE PART OF ALASKA (SULLIVAN) MINE.
Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT 730 FT DEEP ON AN INCLINE WITH TEN LEVELS. SHAFT TRENDS N 15 E AND PLUNGES 20 N
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE ALASKA, JERSEY, SUNSET, BOSTON, CHICAGO, PHILADELPHIA, MERIT, AND OTHERS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CUT BY FAULT WHICH TRENDS N 60 E, VERTICALLY DIPPING. VEIN IS IN FOOTWALL OF DIABASE DIKE
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. VEIN USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ANDESITE AND MAFIC DIKES WHICH DIP SHALLOWLY TO THE NORTH.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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