The Lena and Silver Wire Prospects is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Lena and Silver Wire Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lena and Silver Wire Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Secondary Cu Minerals Reported
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.5 OZ/TON AU, HIGH AU+AG+PB VALUES REPORTED, USGS BULL 849-F, P. 375
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI83-12, P.22
Comment (Commodity): NATIVE GOLD AND SILVER REPORTED SPECIFICALLY FROM LENA CLAIM
Comment (Location): PLOTTED FROM USGS BULL 849-F, PLATE 28; DATA FOR LENA AND SILVER WIRE COMBINED AS THEY ARE ADJOINING CLAIMS ON THE SAME VEIN LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN 2 TO 5 FT THICK; LOCALLY, AS MUCH AS 1/3 OF VEIN IS GALENA; AT SILVER WIRE MINERALIZATION IS DISCONTINUOUS ALONG STRIKE
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT
Comment (Geology): SCHISTOSITY IN BIRCH CREEK TERRANE STRIKES N 60 TO 70 E AND DIPS STEEPLY N
References
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, AK IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF MINE OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR AT ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, AK, P. 132
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849.F, P.375, PLATE 28
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR98, P.37
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 77-169A, P.45 10C. 17
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI83-12, P.22
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-366-22
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