El Cap Gold

The El Cap Gold is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: El Cap Gold

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Text: None noted.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Maas, Bittenbender, and Still, 1995

Comment (Geology): Age = Unknown.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = In view of the limited amount of data, reserve calculations were considered unwarranted by Maas, Bittenbender, and Still, (1995) who sampled the property.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A gold-quartz-calcite veins occurs along faults in Silurian greenschist the veins roughly parallel a limestone-greenschist contact to the southwest of the prospect (Brew, and others, 1984). Two steeply dipping veins are exposed, the longer of which extends for about 500 feet with a maximum thickness of about 3 feet (Maas, Bittenbender, and Still,1995). Visible gold is present in the veins but apparently there are few other ore minerals present. The gold values are erratic. Sampling showed gold values up to 2,027 ppm (59.0 ounces per ton) but most values were lower, and silver values only reached a maximum of 50.0 ppm.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Mass, Bittenbender, and Still (1995) state that the deposit was originally found in 1962 but the claims allowed to lapse; the property was restaked in 1967. It has been active since. Property developed by eight trenches and a short adit. A mineral survey has been done on the property with intent to patent it. A map of the property is in Maas, Bittenbender, and Still (1995).

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Probably none.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide gold-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 36a)

References

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D. A., Ovenshine, A. T., Karl, S. M., and Hunt, S. J., 1984, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-405, 43 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.

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