Peterson Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001285
MRDS ID A012015
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Mine
Alternate or previous names Prairie Claim
Related records 10185363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.72313, 58.43919 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern 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

Comments on the location information

  • SEE: USGS BULL 502, PLATE 2, LOC. 16 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD WAS 80% FREE MILLING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF QUARTZ WITH SPARSE ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE ASSAYED 10 PPM AU, .03-.3% AS AND TRACES OF ZN AND SB, USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J136

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Treadwell Slate; Slate, Augite Bearing Volcanic Flow Breccia, Graywacke, Tuff And Sericite Schist
    Rock description Treadwell Slate; Slate, Augite Bearing Volcanic Flow Breccia, Graywacke, Tuff And Sericite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.72313, 58.43919

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS SLATE CUT BY NUMEROUS DIKES, INCLUDING ONE LAMPROPHYRE, OVERLAIN BY AUGITE MELAPHYRE LAVAS AND VOLCANIC BRECCIAS; DEPOSIT IS IN SLATE, NEAR LARGE SILL OF ALTERED AUGITE-HORNBLENDE DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Year of last production 1922

Mining district

District name Juneau/Eagle River

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY 2 ADITS AND OPEN CUTS; ORE TREATED IN ARRASTRE UNTIL 1906, WHEN 3 STAMP MILL WAS INSTALLED; WORKINGS CAVED; 59 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • 11 CLAIMS STAKED IN 1897; MINED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1922; STRICTLY A SMALL, FAMILY OPERATION; MOST WORK WAS BETWEEN 1897-1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TABULAR QUARTZ VEINS AND LENSES TRENDING NNW, DIPPING SHALLOWLY TO NE; VEINS AVERAGE 3-5 FT WIDE AND CARRY SPARSE ARSENOPYRITE AND TRACES OF FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ GANGUE WITH MINOR CARBONATE
Deposit SEE ALSO: SMITH AND HEID, TREASURY HILL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Alaska resources

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