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Silver Queen Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001317
MRDS ID A012056
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Alaska Gastineau Mining Co., American Gold Mining Co.,, Silver Queen Group, Claims: Ascension, Ibex, Glacier, Silver Queen
Related records 10185870

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.30978, 58.28308 (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-1(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

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 041S 068E 28,29 SW (28); SE (29) Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE FOR SILVER QUEEN-GLACIER WORKINGS; IBEX WORKINGS ARE LOCATED AT LAT:58-17-08 LONG:134-19-05; UNLABELED ADIT SYMBOLS ON JUNEAU B1, 1:63360 QUAD. 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
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STIBNITE OCCURS IN MINUTE RADIATING CRYSTALS IN CALCITE; NO ECONOMIC IMPORT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result RATIO OF AU: AG WAS ABOUT 1:20

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Perseverance Slate;Perseverance Slate;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics
    Rock description Perseverance Slate;Perseverance Slate;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Perseverance Slate;Perseverance Slate
    Rock description Perseverance Slate;Perseverance Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.30978, 58.28308
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Structural Trend Cut By Ew Cross Faults; Minor Ne Plunging Folds

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slate/Greenstone Contact Is Important Ore Control For Alaska-Juneau Lode System

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHISM OF COUNTRY ROCK IS RELATED TO THE EMPLACEMENT OF THE COAST RANGE BATHOLITH IN LATE CRETACEOUS TO EARLY TERTIARY; DEPOSIT IS IN GRAPHITIC SLATE ADJACENT TO CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING GREENSTONE AND GREENSCHIST SERIES; SILL-LIKE AMPHIBOLITE BODIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS "METAGABBRO", "GREEN DIORITE", AND "ALTERED TUFF BEDS" IN DIFFERENT REFERENCES. PERSEVERANCE SLATE; BLACK GRAPHITIC SLATE, PHYLLITE AND SEMISCHIST; LOW TO HIGH GREENSCHIST FACIES. GASTINEAU VOLCANICS; MZ TUFFS, LAVA FLOWS AND SLATES METAMORPHOSED TO GREENSTONE AND GREENSCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1889
Year of last production 1903

Mining district

District name Juneau/Gold Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 2286M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1903: 2600 FT OF DRIFTS ON 3 LEVELS WITH 500 FTOF CONNECTING RAISES AT SILVER QUEEN MINE, 3200 FT OF DRIFTS ON 4 LEVELS WITH 1200 FT OF RAISES AT GLACIER MINE AND A FEW HUNDRED FT OF WORKINGS AT IBEX; REPORTED CAVED IN 1985; SILVER QUEEN AND GLACIER WORKINGS CONNECTED IN 1903; MAY HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO SHEEP CREEK ADIT

Comments on development

  • 13 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS; LAST REPORTED MINING 1903; CONSOLIDATEDWITH PERSEVERANCE MINE IN 1911 AS PART OF ALASKA GASTINEAU MINING CO.; SEE WORKINGS COMMENTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1887-8
Deposit SEE ALSO: PERSEVERANCE; ALASKA-JUNEAU ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SE EXTENSION OF ALASKA JUNEAU LODE SYSTEM; ZONE 400-500 FT WIDE CONTAINS SEVERAL LENTICULAR, SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING VEINS FROM 1-12 FT WIDE, VEINS ARE SLIGHTLY DIVERGENT FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM NEARBY SLATE/GREENSTONE CONTACT; VEINS LOCALLY FEATHER OUT INTO STRINGER LEADS; MINING WAS ON 4 MAJOR VEINS ALONG 400 TO 900 FT HORIZONTAL DISTANCE IN STOPES FROM 400 TO 600 FT ALONG DIP; MINERALS IN VEINS INCLUDED: PYRRHOTITE, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE, PYRARGYRITE, NATIVE AG, GOLD AND RARE STIBNITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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