Gold Dollar Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000611
MRDS ID A011218
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Dollar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.94317, 63.54679 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS CHIEFLY GALENA AND TETRAHEDRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bournonite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Stromeyerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Reported

Analytical data

Result RANGE OF ASSAY VALVES FOR 5 SAMPLES: 0.25 TO 0.90% CU
Result 5.0 TO 37.7% ZN
Result 4.6 TO 35.19 % PB
Result 12.70 TO 159.58 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.08 TO 0.20 OZ/TON AU
Result ADGGS OFR 98, P. 43 NO. 23

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.94317, 63.54679

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Kantishna Antiform
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY SAME VEIN AS GOLDEN EAGLE LODE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1920-1921, 1973; 638 TONS OF ORE CONTAINED 76120 OZ AG, 159.5 OZ AU AND 273160 LB PB; ADGGS OFR98, P. 25

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 988.5306 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Gold Au 0.1502 g/mt Gold Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P.17

Comments on the workings information

  • 38 FT SHAFT AND A TUNNEL WERE CAVED IN 1931; SHAFT REOPENED 1976

Comments on development

  • MINED IN 1973; A CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE OF RECOVERABLE ORE WAS EXPOSED IN SHAFT IN 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SIDERITE VEIN RANGES FROM 4 TO 15 FT IN WIDTH; TRACEABLE STRIKE LENGTH OF 400 FT
Deposit SEE ALSO: GOLDEN EAGLE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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