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Alaska Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048173
MRDS ID M800226
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Mine
Alternate or previous names Sullivan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86075, 34.19533 (WGS84)
Elevation 981
Relative position 2.4 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY JUNCTION AT CONGRESS, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 006W 22 SE OF SE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAIN SHAFT OF CONGRESS MINE. SHAFT 1250 FT ESE OF ALASKA SHAFT IS ON PHILADELPHIA PATENTED CLAIM AND MAY BE PART OF ALASKA (SULLIVAN) MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.86075, 34.19533
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granite Is Massive And Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Andesite Dikes Which Trend E-W To Ne And Dip At Low Angles, Less Than 40 Deg.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 90 E TO N 65 W
    Dip 20 N TO 25 N
    Plunge 15 TO 20
    Plunge direction N 15 E
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 213.36M
    Depth to bottom 222.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. VEIN USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ANDESITE AND MAFIC DIKES WHICH DIP SHALLOWLY TO THE NORTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Martinez District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner United Gold Mines Co., Navajo Exploration Co.
    First year 1936
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown, John
    Home office Phoenix, Az

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.026HA
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 222.5M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT 730 FT DEEP ON AN INCLINE WITH TEN LEVELS. SHAFT TRENDS N 15 E AND PLUNGES 20 N

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE ALASKA, JERSEY, SUNSET, BOSTON, CHICAGO, PHILADELPHIA, MERIT, AND OTHERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CUT BY FAULT WHICH TRENDS N 60 E, VERTICALLY DIPPING. VEIN IS IN FOOTWALL OF DIABASE DIKE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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