Harris Creek Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000127
MRDS ID A010157
Record type Site
Current site name Harris Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Julia, Rogers, Dunton, Kasaan Gold
Related records 10185565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.70598, 55.46917 (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 B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig SE(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

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
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST GOLD IS FREE. THE REST IS IN PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.70598, 55.46917

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE IS FAULTED & HAS SLICKENSIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1928

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category State

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Period 1920-1936
    Material ORE
    Ore mined 145250mt
    Accuracy Estimate

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1005.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINED SHAFT AT A SCOPE OF 26 DEGREES IS 700 FEET LONG. 2600 FEET OF DRIFTS AND RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF MINERALIZED ROCK CONTAINS SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 2 FEET THICK
Deposit THIS MINE HAS BEEN CONFUSED WITH THE DAWSON MINE, BUT THEY ARE DISTINCT. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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