The Alaska Treasure Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Alaska Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alaska Treasure Mine
Secondary: Nevada Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Sericitization, Silicification, Pyritization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: (SQ. SP. DATA, AU BY AA) USGS OFR 361, TABLE 2, SAMPLES 61, 63
Analytical Data: PYRITE-GALENA-TETRAHEDRITE? BEARING QUARTZ VEIN 1 FT WIDE CONTAINED 0.6 PPM AU, 70 PPM AG, 1000 PPM CU, MORE THAN 20,000 PPM PB, MORE THAN 10,000 PPM ZN
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES TAKEN IN 1983 CONTAINED AVG. 1% ZN, SOME PB AND 0.65-1.5 PPM AU, USGS OFR 85-OTHER SAMPLES: PYRITE-BEARING PHYLLITE FROM PORTAL OF ADIT CONTAINED 0.6 PPM AU, 7 PPM AG, 5000 PPM CU, 2000 PPM PB, 300 PPM ZN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Development): MOST ACTIVITY WAS BEFORE 1916; PROBABLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION; PROSPECTED IN LATE 1960'S CLAIMS PATENTED 1929; SOME CURRENT CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): NARROW BANDS OF QUARTZ-SERICITE-PYRITE MINERALIZATION IN ORE ZONE 90 FT BY 2000 FT; ORE CONSISTS OF QUARTZ-FELDSPAR-CARBONATE VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED AURIFEROUS PYRITE; SULFIDES, BOTH IN QUARTZ VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED IN COUNTRY ROCK, ARE: PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRRHOTITE AND TETRAHEDRITE (?); MINE AREA IS IN SERICITIZED AND SILICIFIED PHYLLITE AND FELSIC META-VOLCANICS; PART OF A 1 MI BY 1.5 MI AREA OF ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION
Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: USGS OFR 361, FIGURE 2, SAMPLE 61 "FROM PORTAL OF ADIT" LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Workings): 3650 FT OF WORKINGS, 365 FT IN ORE; WAS A 20 STAMP MILL ON SITE IN1906; 35 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS, 21 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS, 36 PLACER CLAIMS; WORKINGS REPORTED OPEN IN 1983
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: YAKIMA, JERSEY CITY, RED DIAMOND, MAMMOTH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): DOUGLAS ISLAND VOLCANICS; PHYLLITE, GREENSTONE AGGLOMERATE WITH INTERCALATED SLATE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 225, P. 40-41
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 39-40
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622, P. 96-98
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 361, SAMPLES 58-63
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-395, P. 12-13
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 221
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-205
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