Alaska Group

The Alaska Group is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Alaska Group  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 33.75, -107.91667

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Satelite image of the Alaska Group

Alaska Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Alaska Group
Secondary: Yankee Boy Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Apache


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Tetrahedrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): YANKEE BOY CLAIM WAS RENAMED BY D.MENZIE, USGS, TO ALASKA GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): NEW MEX BUREAU OF MINES BULL NO. 10


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