Banjo Mine

The Banjo Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 3,750 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Banjo Mine
Secondary: Banjo Lode
Secondary: Friday Creek Divide
Secondary: Hardrock Lode
Secondary: Eureka Group
Secondary: Combination
Secondary: Combination Extension
Secondary: Silver King
Secondary: Pas Lode
Secondary: Damon and Pythias
Secondary: Lucky Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1941
Time Period: 1939-1941
Description: Total Reported Production 1939-1941 6260 Ounces Au, 7114 Ounces Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Arsenopyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB A002233 USGS CRIB D002717 Workings consist of 518.2 m of inaccessible underground workings on three levels. Milling consisted of concentrating tables & flotation cells

References

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. E-5

Reference (Deposit): OF77-169A

Reference (Deposit): B1246

Reference (Deposit): MF366

Reference (Deposit): MR193-3 p. 2

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 24-25

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 24

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 30

Reference (Deposit): B849F pp. 370-371

Reference (Deposit): B836e pp. 330-331

Reference (Deposit): MR66-1 pp. 4-5

Reference (Deposit): B687 pp. 101-102

Reference (Deposit): B662k pp. 319-320

Reference (Deposit): B662k pp. 318-319

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BMOF129-84 p. 135

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-092

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-051

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-031

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-030

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 066-008

Reference (Deposit): BMOF214-84 pp. 12,40,52

Reference (Deposit): BMOF129-84 pp. 133-135 (Locality 50)

Reference (Deposit): BMOF24-78 184 pp.

Reference (Deposit): AOF98 p. 157

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