Golden Horn

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Lead, Mercury, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113031
MRDS ID A015054
MAS/MILS ID 0020730027
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Horn
Related records 10002617

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -157.91963, 62.4633 (WGS84)
Elevation 136
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 027 N 047 W 12 NESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -157.91963, 62.4633

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Year of first production 1930

Comments on exploration

  • USGS CRIB A001377 DRILLING AND EXPLORATION CONTINUE ON THE PROPERTY.

Mining district

District name Flat Mining

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Miscovich
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1979
    First year 1979
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ventures Resource Corp. (Acquired Exp Opt)
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1997
    First year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner WGM, Inc. (Watts, Griffis And Mc Ouat - Expl. Contractor)
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1979
    First year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    Home office New York
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 073-025

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 073-030

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 073-032

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 073-034

  • Ownership

    BUSINESS WIRE. "VENTURES RESOURCE ACQUIRES GOLDEN HORN MINE"

  • Ownership

    DECEMBER 2, 1996. 1P.

  • Deposit

    BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

  • Deposit

    AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    VENTURES RESOURCES CORPORATION, NEW RELEASE, 12/2, 1996, P1.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 8-25-97, P.1.

  • Deposit

    BELOW ARE AFOC/IFOC REFERENCE NOTES; HOW EVER THE CODE IS

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN:

  • Deposit

    B622n pp. 266-267

  • Deposit

    B622o p. 287

  • Deposit

    B642c pp. 47-48

  • Deposit

    B642l p. 259

  • Deposit

    B655 pp. 145, 152

  • Deposit

    B754 pp. 116-117

  • Deposit

    MR73-1 pp. 1-7

  • Deposit

    B864C p. 242

  • Deposit

    B868A p. 25

  • Deposit

    B880A pp. 27, 72

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 370901

  • Deposit

    PE73-1

  • Deposit

    B910A pp. 32-33

  • Deposit

    TDM1 p. 26

  • Deposit

    RI5991 pp. 4-5, 8-9, 17-18

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 227

  • Deposit

    BMOF6-69 p. 5

  • Deposit

    MF363

  • Deposit

    OF508 pp. 79-80

  • Deposit

    OF76-576 pp. 27-28

  • Deposit

    OF77-168D

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82 p. 13

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. D-16

  • Deposit

    SR33 p. 10

  • Deposit

    SR38 pp. 11, 26

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-SEP-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.