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Mount Andrew Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000086
MRDS ID A010103
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Andrew Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.30458, 55.51501 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kavilco, Incorporated(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES FROM USBM DRILLING PROGRAM: 47.8% FE
Result 0.32% CU
Result 0.011 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.55 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.30458, 55.51501
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 167.64M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES POST DATE ORE DEPOSITION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1918

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA HAS BEEN CONSOLIDATED WITH MAMIE MINE. DATA IS GIVEN THERE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 GLORY HOLES, 3 ADITS, SEVERAL WINZES, AND A SUBLEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST HIGH GRADE COPPER ORE HAS BEEN MINED OUT. MAY STILL BE VIABLE AS AN IRON RESOURCE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.