The Thomas-Culross Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Thomas-Culross Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thomas-Culross Mining Co.
Secondary: Claims: Bugaboo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Greenstone Is Altered Basalt
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE 140 FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL AND SEVERAL SHORT SHAFTS
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED BEFORE 1914, THE TENOR IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE FILLED WITH FRACTURED GREENSTONE AND LENSES, VEINLETS AND MASSES OF QUARTZ 4 TO 14 INCHES WIDE. QUARTZ SHOWS BANDING PARALLEL TO WALLS, COUNTRY ROCK IS IMPREGNATED WITH ARSENOPYRITE
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).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 592, P. 235-236
Reference (Deposit): USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 169
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 235
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