The Cache Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 719 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 719 Feet (219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 56.97833, -135.09528
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Cache Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cache Gold Mine
Secondary: Stewart Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chichagof
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 0.36 OZ/TON AU-USGS OF 78-787 P.7
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR BODY OF QUARTZ 4-13 FT. WIDE, AVERAGE 10 FT. THICK, IN SLATE, CONTAINS PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE. QUARTZ BODY IS NEARLY VERTICAL AND HAS EXTREMELY CURVED WALLS.
Comment (Workings): 3 DRIFT TUNNELS, LOWEST 160 FT. LONG TRENDING S 70 DEGREES E. UPPER TUNNEL IS 80 FT. ABOVE LOWER. 10 STAMP MILL AND TRAMWAY BUILT, IN RUINS BY 1895.
Comment (Deposit): APPARENTLY WAS FIRST LODE MINE IN SE ALASKA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): USGS MF-464, LOC. 4 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): LOCATED 1872, 10 STAMP MILL BUILT IN 1879, 3 DRIFT TUNNELS DRIVEN, TRAMWAYS BUILT. SOME PRODUCTION, PROBABLY IN 1870'S AND 1880'S. MILL AND TRAMWAYS IN RUINS BY 1895.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-464, LOC. 4 (1972)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-787, P.7 (1978)
Reference (Deposit): USGS 18TH ANNUAL REPORT, PART III, P. 79 (1898)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 504, P. 27 (1912)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-464-4
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