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Perseverance

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002519
MRDS ID A013461
Record type Site
Current site name Perseverance
Alternate or previous names Valley, Bishop Creek
Related records 10160645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.09312, 64.38946 (WGS84)
Relative position The Perseverance mine is along Bishop Creek, on the northern flank of the Kaiyuh Mountains. It is located approximately 5 miles northeast of Totson Mountain, in NW1/4 sec. 31, T. 11 S., R. 8 E., and is marked by a mine symbol on the Nulato B-3 topographic map. The mine is location 1 of Cobb (1972 [MF423]). The geologically similar Valley mine is apparently located nearby (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-866]), but Anaconda Mining Company geologists could not locate it in 1980. For this record, the description of the Valley mine is included with that of the Perseverance mine.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Nulato SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nulato C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Argentiferous galena

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Local iron-oxide alteration (gossan).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.09312, 64.38946
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the vicinity of the Perseverance mine are quartzose, micaceous, and chloritic schist and limestone (Brooks, 1923). The chloritic schist is light green and locally contains fuchsite (Flanigan, 1998). The mineralization occurs as poddy, massive, coarse-grained, argentiferous galena and tetrahedrite in quartz veins (Flanigan, 1998). These quartz veins are parallel to schist foliation, strike northeast, and range up to 1 meter thick (Berg and Cobb, 1967; Flanigan, 1998).? Underground workings and mineralized outcrops at the deposit are no longer exposed, but fresh sulfides, gossan, and wallrock remain in the dump. Two assays of galena and tetrahedrite samples from the dump contain up to 90.4 ounces of silver per ton, 71.71% lead, 0.20% zinc, 1.28% copper, and 10,000 ppm antimony (Flanigan, 1998).? Small-scale mining took place at the Perseverance mine between 1921 and 1923. Production was about 275 tons of ore grading 73% lead and 104 ounces of silver per ton (Brooks and Capps, 1924; Mertie, 1937; Berg and Cobb, 1967). Small scale mining of lead and silver also took place at the nearby Valley mine at that time, and shipments from the two mines were probably combined (Mertie, 1937; Cass, 1959).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kaiyuh

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = The Perseverance mine produced about 275 tons of ore that contained 73% lead and 104 ounces of silver per ton (Brooks and Capps, 1924; Mertie, 1937; Berg and Cobb, 1967). Small scale mining of lead and silver also took place at the nearby Valley mine at that time, and shipments from the two mines were probably combined (Mertie, 1937; Cass, 1959).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The Perseverance deposit was discovered in 1918 (Brooks, 1923), and underground mining took place between 1921 and 1923 (Cass, 1959).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1923, The Alaska mining industry in 1921: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 739, p. 1-50.

  • Deposit

    Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1937, The Kaiyuh Hills, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 868-D, p. 145-177.

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nulato quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-423, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.

  • Deposit

    Flanigan, B., 1998, Genesis and mineralization of ore deposits in the Illinois Creek region, West Central Alaska: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 125 p., 2 plates.

  • Deposit

    Cass, J.T., 1959, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nulato quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-291, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brooks, 1923

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic (Pb-Zn) vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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