Deposit ID | 10001301 |
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MRDS ID | A012039 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Groundhog Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Alaska Perseverance Mining Co., Alaska Gastineau Mining Co. |
Related records | 10160858 |
Geographic coordinates: | -134.34117, 58.29781 (WGS84) |
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Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Relative position | CLAIMS ADJOINING ALASKA-JUNEAU AND PERSEVERANCE PROPERTIES |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Lead | Tertiary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Galena | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
Rock unit name | Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics;Perseverance Slate |
Rock description | Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics;Perseverance Slate |
(1) | -134.34117, 58.29781 |
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Width | 76.2M |
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Length | 243.84M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1881 |
Year of first production | 1893 |
Year of last production | 1893 |
District name | Juneau/Gold Creek |
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Ownership category | National Forest |
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Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
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Area | 30.757HA |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012039 |
USGS BULL 287, P. 73-74
USGS OFR 85-717, P. 181
BAG-OFR-85-717-168
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE ABOUT 800 FT BY 250 FT; QUARTZ-CALCITE-SULPHIDE VEINS, PROBABLY SIMILAR TO PERSEVERANCE; LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THIS SITE |
Deposit | SEE: PERSEVERANCE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-NOV-1985 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 14-APR-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |