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Red Top Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183074
MRDS ID A011248
MAS/MILS ID 0020660085
Record type Site
Current site name Red Top Mine
Related records 10000633

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -150.97539, 63.53986 (WGS84)
Elevation 594
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 016 S 018 W 11 NWNESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Polybasite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -150.97539, 63.53986
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 85S
    Width 4M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60E:85S
    Date of Last Modification 890725

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kantishna Mines, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings consist of a caved 91.4 m long adit with several stopes and several surface trenches.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B662k pp. 319-320

  • Deposit

    B687 pp. 101-102

  • Deposit

    B836e pp. 330-331

  • Deposit

    MR66-1 pp. 4-5

  • Deposit

    B849F pp. 370-371

  • Deposit

    B917A p. 30

  • Deposit

    B926A p. 24

  • Deposit

    B933A pp. 24-25

  • Deposit

    MR193-3 p. 2

  • Deposit

    B1246

  • Deposit

    MF366

  • Deposit

    OF77-169A

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. E-5

  • Deposit

    MR66-0 pp. 1-29

  • Deposit

    BMOF129-84 pp. 124-126 (Locality 28)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Mpm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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