Alaska Treasure Mine

The Alaska Treasure Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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