The Skeen-Lechner Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Skeen-Lechner Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Skeen-Lechner Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hope District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault That Cuts Vein: N56 E 90
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE IN UPPER VEIN SAID TO AVERAGE 1.75 OZ/TON AU. LOWER VEIN ASSAYS VARY FROM 0.5 TO 2.5 OZ/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS OF MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ. THE UPPER VEIN IS AT LEAST 375 FEET LONG, OCCUPYING A FISSURE WHICH IS ORIENTED N15W 45E. THERE ARE 20 TO 45 INCHES OF QUARTZ AND A COUPLE OF INCHES OF GOUGE ARE PRESENT ON BOTH WALLS. IN PLACES THE LODE DIVIDES INTO A STRINGER LODE AND THEN RE CONSOLIDATES A FAULT DISPLACES THIS VEIN ABOUT 40 FEET THIS FAULT ITSELF IS SOMEWHAT MINERALIZED. LOWER VEIN IS ORIENTED N45W 65NE. IT IS TRACEABLE FOR 300 FEET AND AVERAGES 2 FEET IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): 350 FEET OF TUNNELS AND DRIFTS ON UPPER VEIN, SOMEWHAT LESS ON LOWER, UPPER VEIN HAS BEEN EXPOSED BY TRENCHES FOR 375 FEET.
Comment (Geology): MASSIVE GRAYWACKE WITH SOME SLATE TO THE WEST.
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): LATER COMPLICATIONS INDICATE SOME PRODUCTION, BUT EARLIER, ORIGINAL, REPORTS DO NOT MENTION IT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 587, P.154-157
Reference (Deposit): USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 71
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P.214
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