Apollo Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000478
MRDS ID A010657
Record type Site
Current site name Apollo Mine
Alternate or previous names Apollo Consolidated, Alaska Apollo, Sitka

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.5663, 55.19367 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Moller A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Unga Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Port Moller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cold Bay(hydrologic unit)

Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Unga Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitized

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF VEIN INTERCEPTS IN 10 RECENT DRILL HOLES SHOW UP TO 14% ZN
Result 1% PB
Result 0.6% CU
Result 0.3 OZ AU/TON
Result 0.3 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -160.5663, 55.19367

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North Plunging Shoot

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Plunge direction N
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 365.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL TERTIARY GRANITIC PLUTONS IN VICINITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 5181.6M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on development

  • MAJOR OPERATIONS ENDED EARLY 1900'S. SPORADIC MINOR ACTIVITY UNTIL WORLD WAR II. CURRENT (1983) EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 80-909, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA CONSTRUCTION AND OIL, VOL 24, NO 9, P. 28-30.

  • Deposit

    USGS B 467, P. 21, 125-126.

  • Production

    USGS OFR 80-909, P. 39.; ALASKA CONSTRUCTION AND OIL, VOL 24, NO 9, P 28. ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 13

  • Reserve-Resource

    ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Deposit THE SITKA MINE IS INCLUDED HERE UNDER APOLLO BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY, GEOLOGIC SIMILARITY, COMMON OWNERSHIP, AND CURRENT EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS WHICH COVER BOTH SITES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM
Deposit RETICULATED QUARTZ VEINS IN FRACTURED AND ALTERED TERTIARY ANDESITE AND DACITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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