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Puyallup Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100932
MRDS ID A010133
Record type Site
Current site name Puyallup Mine
Alternate or previous names Ready Bullion Mine
Related records 10161503

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.70459, 55.49834 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Craig SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.58 TO 50.0 OZ/TON AU
Result 2.04 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.1% CU
Result 0.2% PB
Result 0.5% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.70459, 55.49834
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 20 NE TO 40 NE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MUCH LOCAL FAULTING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF GOLD WAS CONSIDERABLE, BUT NO FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 MAIN TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTENT DEVELOPMENT 1901 TO 1946

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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