Little Giant Mine

The Little Giant Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Little Giant Mine
Secondary: Mountain King
Secondary: Rose
Secondary: July
Secondary: Star
Secondary: H. L. Jaynes Group
Secondary: Poy Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska
District: Port Valdez

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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation In Schistose Graywacke Is Fairly Constant E-W Striking, N Dipping Over Whole District

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1913-1914

Comment (Deposit): GENERALLY NW TO EW TRENDING QUARTZ VEINS RANGING FROM 1 IN TO AS MUCH AS 4 FT IN THICKNESS

Comment (Workings): LITTLE GIANT CLAIM: ENTIRE PLANT WAS UNDERGROUND, INCLUDING MILL; EXTENT OF WORKINGS NOT KNOWN BUT PROBABLY FAIRLY EXTENSIVE; MOUNTAIN KING CLAIM: ABOUT 630 FT OF WORKINGS BY 1913, ORE WAS STOPED ON 3 LEVELS;ROSE: ONLY DEVELOPMENT WAS 36 FT CROSSCUT IN 1914, BUT PROBABLY MORE WORK DONE IN THE 30'S; JULY: ONLY DEVELOPMENT WAS 25 FT SURFACE CUT; STAR: WORKINGS UNKNOWN, BUT IT PRODUCED IN THE 30'S

Comment (Geology): BEDDING APPROXIMATELY PARALLELS SLATY CLEAVAGE IN SCHISTOSE ROCKS

Comment (Deposit): MOST WORK WAS ON LITTLE GIANT AND MOUNTAIN KING CLAIMS; SEE ALSO: MOUNTAIN VIEW ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): LABELLED AS GIANT MINE ON VALDEZ A7 QUADRANGLE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): SOME SULFIDES AURIFEROUS

Comment (Production): LITTLE GIANT: SEVERAL TONS ORE MILLED IN 1914, MINING AND MILLING 1929, PRODUCTION IN 1934; MOUNTAIN KING: 120 TONS ORE MILLED IN 1914; ROSE: ABOUT 1 TON ORE MILLED IN 1914; STAR: PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1934 AND 1935

Comment (Development): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION, ASSESSMENT WORK AND DEVELOPMENT ON DIFFERENT CLAIMS BETWEEN 1913 AND 1939

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 153, 163-164, 168-169

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 880-A, P. 22, 24

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 29

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 23

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-23

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