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Monte Carlo Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000814
MRDS ID A011464
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Carlo Mine
Alternate or previous names Cook and Barrett Property, Chesna, Sunshine
Related records 10185706

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.34367, 61.2321 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS MF-438, LOC. 24; POINT IS COINCIDENT WITH CENTER OF SEC. 29, T. 7S., R. 6W. 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
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group;Valdez Group

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name CHESNA CLAIM
    General form TABULAR
    Dip }}
    Thickness 1.22M
  • Name MONTE CARLO CALIM
    General form TABULAR
    Dip }}
    Thickness 1.52M
  • Name SUNSHINE CLAIM
    General form TABULAR
    Dip }}
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK AT MONTE CARLO STRIKES N 70 E WITH 70 WDIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • CHESNA CLAIM: NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION, BUT PROBABLY WAS SOME GIVEN THE EXTENT OF UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT; MONTE CARLO MINE: 4 TONS OF SURFACE ORE MILLED IN 1913; NO OTHER DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • CHESNA CLAIM: 750 FT OF WORKINGS ON THREE LEVELS; MONTE CARLO CLAIM: SURFACE CUTS FROM WYICH ORE WAS TAKEN AND AOUT 170 FT OF UNDERGROUNDWORKINGS, MOST OF WHICH WERE NOT ON VEIN; SUNSHINE: 25 FT TUNNEL DRIVENABOUT 1911

Comments on development

  • MOST, IF NOT ALL, ACTIVITY WAS BEFORE 1915

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: HERCULES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit CHESNA CLAIM: 3 TO 4 FT THICK QUARTZ VEIN WITH PYRITE AND HIGH GOLD VALUES, PINCHES OUT INTO STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ STRINGERS IN SLATE COUNTRY ROCK; MONTE CARLO CLAIM: QUART VEIN UP TO 5 FT THICK, TRACEABLE ONLY50 FT, CARRIES AU, PYRITE AND GALENA; SUNSHINE CLAIM: QUARTZ VEIN FROM 2 IN TO 1 FT THICK, E TO N 60 E IN STRIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

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