Mikado Mine

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000494
MRDS ID A010680
Record type Site
Current site name Mikado Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Mikado, Mikado Vein System

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.25329, 67.53723 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE OF SEVERAL LODES AROUND LITTLE SQUAW PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandalar C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandalar N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandalar C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.25329, 67.53723

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1984

Mining district

District name Chandalar District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES BEFORE 1960 AND AFTER 1979 ARE NOT KNOWN

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 5000mt ore
    Remarks Entry carried over from Old MRDS or added later (i.e. it did not originate in ARDF)
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 89.16 g/mt Gold Major 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN VISIBLE GOLD AND LESS THAN 5% SULFIDES
Deposit ACTIVE EXPLORATION AND SMALL PRODUCTION TO PRESENT (?). RECENT LITERATURE, AND ESPECIALLY NEWS NOTES, MAY CONFUSE LITTLE SQUAW AND MIKADO MINES BECAUSE MIKADO IS OWNED BY LITTLE SQUAW MINING CO. THUS REFERENCES TO LITTLE SQUAW PROPERTY MAY REFER TO LITTLE SQUAW MINE OR MIKADO MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 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

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