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Nabesna Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Iron, Arsenic
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000517
MRDS ID A010711
Record type Site
Current site name Nabesna Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -143.01089, 62.37469 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Tertiary
Antimony Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Arsenic Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -143.01089, 62.37469
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year <1907
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Chisana District

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE GRADE INDICATED BY ABOVE PRODUCTION FIGURES IS ABOUT 0.76 OZ AU/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • SUBSTANTIAL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • POST-1967 PROSPECTING ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A010711

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 80-927, P. 44-45

  • Deposit

    USGS B 933-B, P. 175-199

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-655K

  • Production

    ADGGS SPEC REPT 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT IN LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY SMALL GRANITIC BODIES. MASSIVE MAGNETITE WITH PYRITE, VEINS AND MASSES OF PYRKHOTITE, AND VEINS OF GOLD-BEARING PYRITE AT CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey