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Golden Zone Mine

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Tin, Arsenic
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000506
MRDS ID A010697
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Zone Mine
Alternate or previous names Mayflower Adjoining Property
Related records 10136520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.64172, 63.21902 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chulitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.64172, 63.21902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Plunge VERT
    Plunge direction VERT
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Suggest Peripheral & Possibly Upward Enrichment Of Cu Or Cu And Au Relative To As In Ore Body

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1942

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUBSTANTIAL AG AND CU ALSO PRESENT IN ORE, GRADE NOT GIVEN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON 2 MAIN LEVELS, EXTENT OF THIRD LEVEL NOT KNOWN. OPEN PIT AND TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • TRENCHING & DIAMOND DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 78-1062, P. 36-40

  • Deposit

    USGS P 758-B, P. B12-B16, B20-21, B31-37

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 9-67

  • Deposit

    ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 43

  • Reserve-Resource

    ADGGS SPEC REPT 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS MAINLY MARGINAL ZONE OF VERTICAL BRECCIA PIPE 200-300 FT IN DIAMETER. ALSO 3 OR MORE PRINCIPAL QUARTZ-SULFIDE VEINS (EAST, LITTLE, & MAYFLOWER). MAIN VEIN TRACED ABOUT 600 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-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

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