Amok Gold Mine

The Amok Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Amok Gold Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kodiak

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Keratophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Total production is said to have been worth only a few hundred dollars.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide gold-quartz vein (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1), turbidite-hosted gold vein.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is located on land conveyed to the Koniag Corporation.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = At this site auriferous quartz veins cut Cretaceous slate. The main vein worked by Amok Gold Mining Company strikes N. 45 W. and dips 80 southwest and averages 3 feet in thickness with a maximum of 5 feet. The vein consists of quartz and minor pyrite. Quartz veinlets, most of which parallel the slaty cleavage, are present in the surrounding slates. A sill-like body of keratophyre is present at the site. Capps (1937) reports that only a few hundred dollars worth of gold was produced.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Martin, 1913

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = This property was developed by a 210-foot adit, a 130-foot shaft, and 180 feet of drifts. A 5-stamp mill, erected in 1906, burned and was replaced by a 10-stamp mill. Mining ceased in 1913 but was resumed for a time in 1927-28. The latter endeavor failed because the ore was too low in grade.

Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous or younger

References

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Martin, G.C., 1913, Mineral deposits of Kodiak and neighboring islands, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1912: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542, p. 125-136.

Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880, p. 111-184, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kodiak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-460, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): McGee, D.L., 1972, Kodiak Island and vicinity, Alaska, geology and mineral resources: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 31, 7 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

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