The Golden Eagle Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Golden Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Eagle Mine
Secondary: Gold Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna District
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: R
Description: Kantishna Antiform
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU: .32 OZ/TON
Analytical Data: AG: 73.04 OZ/TON
Analytical Data: PB: 15.11%
Analytical Data: CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAY: CU: .10%
Materials
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW IN TO 4 FT; CONSIDERABLE HORIZONTAL EXTENT; 300 FT OF TRACEABLE STRIKE LENGTH
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 50 TONS KNOWN RESERVES AND HALF-SQUARE RESOURCE ESTIMATE OF 5,294 TONS OF ORE; ASSAY OF 3 SAMPLES: 46.33 OZ/TON AG, 0.12 OZ/TON AU; 6.3% PB, 0.1% ZN, ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 83-12, P. 17
Comment (Production): IN 1920, 4 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 680 OZ AG WERE PRODUCED; AU AND PB CONTENT NOT AVAILABLE
Comment (Commodity): "CONSIDERABLE" FREE GOLD REPORTED; LITTLE DATA ON AU OR PB CONTENT
Comment (Workings): 150 FT TUNNEL (CAVED IN 1930) AND OPEN CUT; TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG SHEAR ZONE PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK WHICH STRIKES N 55 E AND DIPS 50 SE
Comment (Geology): ALMOST CERTAINLY AN EXTENSION OF GOLD DOLLAR VEIN
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: GOLD DOLLAR MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, ALASKA, IN STEWART, B. D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, ALASKA, P. 128-129
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 836, P. 329-330
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P. 25, 32 LOC. 24, 43 NO. 24
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 7
Reference (Deposit): USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P. 4-26
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 83-12, P. 17
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 687, P. 103-104
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