Mohawk Mine

The Mohawk Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mohawk Mine
Secondary: Bondholder
Secondary: Bondholder Extension
Secondary: Peg Leg
Secondary: Yellow Jacket
Secondary: Mohawk #3 Mohawk
Secondary: Liberty
Secondary: Spite Fraction. Mohawk #2.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 17. MINE AT HEAD OF ST. PATRICK CREEK. LOCATION MARKED ON FAIRBANKS (D-2). WORKINGS FROM ELEVATION 900 TO 1,250 FT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): PROSPECTING, 1913. MINING REPORTED FROM 1914 TO 1940. MOHAWK CLAIM WORKINGS MOST EXTENSIVE; VEIN DEVELOPED FOR LENGHT OF 1,300 FT. AND TO VERTICAL DEPTH OF 232 FT. BY 1931.

Comment (Workings): THE UNDERGROUND WORK INCLUDES OVER 2,900 FT. OF DRIFTS AND OVER 1,800 FT. OF RAISES AND WINZES.

Comment (Geology): FAULT PLANES MARKED BY SEAMS OF GOUGE. SOME OF FAULTS IN WORKING MAY BE THRUSTS.

Comment (Deposit): MAJOR WORK ON MOHAWK AND BONDHOLDER CLAIMS; SOME DEVELOPMENT ON YELLOW JACKET. BONDHOLDER VEIN AT HEAD OF ST. PATRICK CR. AT ELEVATION 1,250 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): FREE GOLD, ARSENOPYRITE, STIBNITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE IN QUARTZ VEINS WITH SCHIST INCLUSIONS; SOME GOUGE. MOST PRODUCTION FROM MOHAWK VEIN; VEIN VARIES FROM 9 IN. TO 6 FT. IN WIDTH, STRIKES N 30 E AND DIPS 60 ESE, AND YEILDS ABOUT 1 OZ. AU PER TON OF ORE. SOME OF ORE CONTAINS BUNCHES OF STIBNITE. SEVERAL OTHER VEINS THAN MOHAWK ENCOUNTERED UNDERGROUND. BONDHOLDER VEIN CUTS MICA-QUARTZ SCHIST AND CONTAINS GOLD, ARSENOPYRITE AND STIBNITE. THE NARROWEST PARTS OF THE MOHAWK VEIN CONTAINS THE MOST GOLD.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (D-2), LOC. 17

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 849-B, P. 142-147

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 792, P. 11-12

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 592, P. 355

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