Alaska Mine

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

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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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