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Alaska Oracle

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185900
MRDS ID A010346
MAS/MILS ID 0020950191
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Oracle
Alternate or previous names Oracle No. 2, Oracle Extension, Heaston Mine, Eve, Bobby, Heaston-Oricle Mine
Related records 10000298

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -149.55819, 60.62033 (WGS84)
Elevation 550
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 006 N 002 W 12 NWNESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Kaf
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 53M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N15E:60W
    Date of Last Modification 880212
  • Strike N15E
    Dip 70E
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N15E:70E
    Date of Last Modification 880212

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert B. Heaston
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1921
  • Type Operator
    Owner W. E. Dunkle
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1929
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alaska Oracle Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1930
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ralph Reed
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1935
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sybil A. Reed, Harold M. And Judith M. Culver
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1937
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cameron, Karl B.
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1986

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Description 256 Oz. Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 7962.49g
  • Year 1941
    Description 1274 Oz. Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 39625.83g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit M. S. 1539 AND 1592 ISSUED ON 3 CLAIMS 1929-1934 Workings consist of a 274 m. long crosscut, 168 m. of drift, 65.5 m. of raise, 7.6 m. of winze, and considerable stoping. Two portals, one at the 548.6 m. elevation, and the other at the 579 m. elevation. TOTAL REPORTED PRODUCTION: 1,247 oz. Au, 256 oz Ag.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-MAY-1988 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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