| Deposit ID | 10282800 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A013274 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0021140023 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chichagoff |
| Alternate or previous names | Degroff Mine, Golden Gate, Young Group, Golden Horn, Marcia, Mills Prospect, Aurum, Sitka, Indiana |
| Related records | 10002356 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -136.09922, 57.66361 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 20 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sitka(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sitka C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Sitka NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Sitka W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Central 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)
West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper River | 048 S | 057 E | 36 | NWNESE | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Strike | N58W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 68W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1197M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 1439M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Golden Sitka Resources |
| ID | 5001499 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Year | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$7250 |
| Year | 1907 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$66072 1227 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1908 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$57722 1879 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$20500 |
| Year | 1910 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$160918 3885 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1911 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$163437 9595 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1912 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$236633 20221 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1913 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$234984 19958 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1914 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$312657 19958 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1915 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$920239 30708 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1916 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$815559 33404 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1917 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$817664 35193 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1918 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$1244438 30824 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1919 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$1841813 38271 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1920 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$1717418 30158 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1921 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$1474706 30713 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1922 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$995168 34752 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1923 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$533742 10051 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1924 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$317476 34715 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1925 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$338300 56563 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1926 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$351913 23502 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1927 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$1450 |
| Year | 1928 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$2503 3150 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1929 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$25445 17880 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1930 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$9060 |
| Year | 1931 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$641 |
| Year | 1932 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$269200 |
| Year | 1933 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$85114 4523 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1934 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$163030 |
| Year | 1935 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$147367 11661 Metric Tons Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$222691 |
| Year | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$89600 |
| Year | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Description | Total Value Of Au:$140000 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 11098M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 218M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0021140023 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013274 | MAS references MRDS |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 5001499 |
AK MINES & G V34N2 pp. 7, 8
B314d p. 61
B345e p. 91
B379d p. 73
B442d p. 139
B480e p. 98
B504 pp. 18, 22-25, fig. 1
B520c p. 24
B542c p. 34
B592d p. 60
B622c p. 43
B642d p. 78
BMB142 pp. 36, 52
BMB153 p. 29
B662b p. 41
B692b p. 30
B692e pp. 110-111, 113-116, 119
B712a p. 30
B714b p. 76
B722a p. 37
B739a p. 22
B755a p. 25
B773a pp. 11-12, 15, 37
MR195-10 p. 199
B783a p. 7
B783b p. 41
B792a p. 10
B797a p. 10
B800 pp. 317, 319, 343, 372
B810a pp. 12, 46
B813a p. 14
MR114-3 p. 2
B836a p. 14
B844A p. 15
B857A p. 14
B864A pp. 14-15
B868A p. 15
B880A pp. 16, 72
IR JCR 370901 p. 16
B897A p. 16
B910A p. 18
B917A p. 20
B926A pp. 18-19
B929 pp. 86-101
B933A p. 18
IR JCR 470703 p. 4
B1024B pp. 49-50
IC7844 p. 7
B1058E p. 143
ADGS AR 1966a pp. 54, 61
B1246 pp. 141-142
P610 p. 20
E&MJ 7905 p. 84, No. 222
MTA 82 No. F-22
SR31 p. 9
SR33 p. 12
SR38 p. 13
MR114-1 p. 3
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | USGS CRIB A003087 USGS CRIB A003113 USGS CRIB W016494 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-JUL-1995 | Map | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 09/27/1989 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 5001499 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Chichagof |
| Current operator | Sitka Gold Inc |
| Current controller (parent) | Golden Sitka Resources Inc |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.
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