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Alaska Treasure Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100966
MRDS ID A012026
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Treasure Mine
Alternate or previous names Nevada Creek
Related records 10161410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.32728, 58.22169 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: USGS OFR 361, FIGURE 2, SAMPLE 61 "FROM PORTAL OF ADIT" LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tetrahedrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Silicification, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES TAKEN IN 1983 CONTAINED AVG. 1% ZN, SOME PB AND 0.65-1.5 PPM AU, USGS OFR 85-OTHER SAMPLES: PYRITE-BEARING PHYLLITE FROM PORTAL OF ADIT CONTAINED 0.6 PPM AU, 7 PPM AG, 5000 PPM CU, 2000 PPM PB, 300 PPM ZN
Result PYRITE-GALENA-TETRAHEDRITE? BEARING QUARTZ VEIN 1 FT WIDE CONTAINED 0.6 PPM AU, 70 PPM AG, 1000 PPM CU, MORE THAN 20,000 PPM PB, MORE THAN 10,000 PPM ZN
Result (SQ. SP. DATA, AU BY AA) USGS OFR 361, TABLE 2, SAMPLES 61, 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Douglas Island Volcanics;Douglas Island Volcanics;Douglas Island Volcanics
    Rock description Douglas Island Volcanics;Douglas Island Volcanics;Douglas Island Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Douglas Island Volcanics;Douglas Island Volcanics
    Rock description Douglas Island Volcanics;Douglas Island Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.32728, 58.22169
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Comments on the geologic information

  • DOUGLAS ISLAND VOLCANICS; PHYLLITE, GREENSTONE AGGLOMERATE WITH INTERCALATED SLATE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 3650 FT OF WORKINGS, 365 FT IN ORE; WAS A 20 STAMP MILL ON SITE IN1906; 35 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS, 21 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS, 36 PLACER CLAIMS; WORKINGS REPORTED OPEN IN 1983

Comments on development

  • MOST ACTIVITY WAS BEFORE 1916; PROBABLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION; PROSPECTED IN LATE 1960'S CLAIMS PATENTED 1929; SOME CURRENT CLAIMS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A012026

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 225, P. 40-41

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 284, P. 39-40

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 314, P. 53-54

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 622, P. 96-98

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 361, SAMPLES 58-63

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 85-395, P. 12-13

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 85-717, P. 221

  • Other Database

    BAG-OFR-85-717-205

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW BANDS OF QUARTZ-SERICITE-PYRITE MINERALIZATION IN ORE ZONE 90 FT BY 2000 FT; ORE CONSISTS OF QUARTZ-FELDSPAR-CARBONATE VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED AURIFEROUS PYRITE; SULFIDES, BOTH IN QUARTZ VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED IN COUNTRY ROCK, ARE: PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRRHOTITE AND TETRAHEDRITE (?); MINE AREA IS IN SERICITIZED AND SILICIFIED PHYLLITE AND FELSIC META-VOLCANICS; PART OF A 1 MI BY 1.5 MI AREA OF ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION
Deposit SEE ALSO: YAKIMA, JERSEY CITY, RED DIAMOND, MAMMOTH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey