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Alaskan Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027658
MRDS ID M003717
Record type Site
Current site name Alaskan Mine
Alternate or previous names Alaskan Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.34715, 33.75756 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position ABOUT 13 MILES SE OF WENDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harquahala Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 010W 19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.34715, 33.75756
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Deposit, Which Occurs Within A Gently Southward Dipping Brecciated Zone That Due To Flattening Southward From The Collar Of Shaft, Is Only A Few Feet Below The Surface

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION LOCALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MICRODIORITE DIKES 20 TO 25 M.Y. IN AGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harquahala District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1933
    Period 1925-1933
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.503 Oz. Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14g/mt
  • Year 1933
    Period 1925-1933
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^669 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 669wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 57M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMANN, R.E.S.; 1936; ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; CUNNINGHAM, J.B.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1934; ARIZONA LODE MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 133

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULL. 137, P. 133; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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