Deposit ID | 10000597 |
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MRDS ID | A011203 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Banjo Mine, Red Top Mining Company |
Alternate or previous names | Eureka Group: Red Top Mine: Prospects: Julen, Jupiter-Mars, Claims: Silver King, Merry Widow |
Related records | 10233542 |
Geographic coordinates: | -150.90011, 63.55235 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | 2.7 MI N 48 E OF KANTISHNA, AK |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Primary |
Lead | Secondary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Tungsten | Tertiary |
Copper | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Scheelite | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Tetrahedrite | Ore |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Result | 1939-1941 CONCENTRATE RAN 19.6-35.6 OZ AU AND 52.3-92.5 OZ AG PER TON, 13.8% TO 19.7% PB, 0.9% TO 1.6% ZN, 2.9% TO 4.75% AS, 0.13% TO 0.16% CU, ADGGS OF 98, P. 26 |
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
Rock unit name | Birch Creek;Birch Creek |
Rock description | Birch Creek;Birch Creek |
(1) | -150.90011, 63.55235 |
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Type of structure | Regional |
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Structure description | Large, Open Antiform, Locally Overturned, Plunges To Ne |
Strike | N 25 E TO N 67 E |
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Dip | 60 NW TO VERTICAL |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Year of first production | 1939 |
Year of last production | 1942 |
District name | Kantishna |
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Ownership category | National Park |
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Year | 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Estimate year | 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total resources | 1,500,000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Estimate year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total resources | 2,500,000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Estimate year | 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total resources | 2,000,000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011203 |
USGS BULLETIN 687, P. 101-102
ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P. 8, 11, 16-18, 26, 33 LOC. 31 AND 32
USGS OPEN FILE 77-169A, P. 44 LOC. 10
USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P. 4-26 THROUGH 4-30
ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 83-12, P. 17, 20
ADGGS OF 98, P. 26
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | NE TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN SYSTEM SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET IN VERTICAL EXTENT |
Deposit | PRINCIPLE LODE PRODUCER OF THE KANTISHNA DISTRICT; SEE ALSO: EUREKA CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-OCT-1984 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 13-APR-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |