Deposit ID | 10000619 |
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MRDS ID | A011229 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Little Annie Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Aitken Property, Quigley Property, Quigley Mine, Alice, Little Annie #2, Fransen and Hawkins |
Related records | 10136577 |
Geographic coordinates: | -150.95011, 63.54263 (WGS84) |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Lead | Secondary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Copper | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Galena | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Polybasite | Ore |
Tetrahedrite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Result | 0.08 TO 0.54 OZ AU AND 7.0 TO 286.2 OZ AG PER TON, DAVIS, 1923, P. 126-128 |
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Result | ASSAY VALVE AVERAGE, NOT INCLUDING ONE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH GRADE SAMPLE, FOR A LENGTH OF 468 FT ALONG STRIKE OF A VEIN AVERAGING 17 FTIN WIDTH= 0.10 OZ/TON AU AND 2.10 OZ/TON AG, USGS BULL 849, P 366 |
Host or associated | Host | ||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
Rock unit name | Birch Creek | ||
Rock description | Birch Creek | ||
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(1) | -150.95011, 63.54263 |
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Type | Description | Terms |
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Regional | Kantishna Antiform | |
Local | Nw Trending Faults Offset Veins |
General form | LENTICULAR, TABULAR |
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Strike | N 20 E TO N 59 E |
Dip | 65 TO 70 SE |
Thickness | 8.23M |
Length | 182.88M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1918 |
District name | Kantishna |
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Ownership category | National Park |
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Year | 1921 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Period | 1919-1921 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011229 |
USGS BULL 722, P.52-53
DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, ALASKA, IN STEWART. B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, ALASKA, P.126-128
USGS BULL 836, P.328-329
USGS BULL 849-F, P.353-358,364-366
USGS BULL 1246, P.229-230
ADGGS OFR 98, P .9-10, 25, 31
USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-23 TO 4-78
ADGGS RI 83-12, P.17
ADGGS OFR 98, P.25
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | QUARTZ SIDERITE VEINS IN SHEAR ZONES OF BIRCH CREEK SCHIST; VEIN MATERIAL IS CRUSHED QUARTZ, HORSES OF SCHIST, LOCALIZED LENSES OF SULFIDES, FREE GOLD AND PYRITE SCUTTERED IN QUARTZ |
Deposit | THIS VEIN SYSTEM IS PROBABLY CONTIGUOUS WITH GOLD DOLLAR AND GOLD EAGLE VEINS; RELATED: BANJO, RED TOP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-NOV-1984 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey |