Little Annie Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000619
MRDS ID A011229
Record type Site
Current site name Little Annie Mine
Alternate or previous names Aitken Property, Quigley Property, Quigley Mine, Alice, Little Annie #2, Fransen and Hawkins
Related records 10136577

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.95011, 63.54263 (WGS84)

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
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER ORE REPORTED, NO DATA ON CU CONTENT OR ZN CONTENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Polybasite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Presence Of Pharmocosiderite

Analytical data

Result 0.08 TO 0.54 OZ AU AND 7.0 TO 286.2 OZ AG PER TON, DAVIS, 1923, P. 126-128
Result ASSAY VALVE AVERAGE, NOT INCLUDING ONE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH GRADE SAMPLE, FOR A LENGTH OF 468 FT ALONG STRIKE OF A VEIN AVERAGING 17 FTIN WIDTH= 0.10 OZ/TON AU AND 2.10 OZ/TON AG, USGS BULL 849, P 366

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Birch Creek
    Rock description Birch Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.95011, 63.54263

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kantishna Antiform
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Faults Offset Veins

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, TABULAR
    Strike N 20 E TO N 59 E
    Dip 65 TO 70 SE
    Thickness 8.23M
    Length 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Se And Nw Dipping Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ SIDERITE VEINS INTRUDE BIRCH CREEK SCHIST, MANY VEINS PINCH AND SWELL LATERALLY, GOLD BEARING QUARTZ VEINS LOCALIZED ALONG CREST OF KANTISHNA ANTIFORM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Period 1919-1921
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 2310g
    Major Ore Silver Silver 3648600g

Comments on the production information

  • ALSO PRODUCED 74.2 TONS PB

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P.17

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF CAVED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND SURFACE CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SIDERITE VEINS IN SHEAR ZONES OF BIRCH CREEK SCHIST; VEIN MATERIAL IS CRUSHED QUARTZ, HORSES OF SCHIST, LOCALIZED LENSES OF SULFIDES, FREE GOLD AND PYRITE SCUTTERED IN QUARTZ
Deposit THIS VEIN SYSTEM IS PROBABLY CONTIGUOUS WITH GOLD DOLLAR AND GOLD EAGLE VEINS; RELATED: BANJO, RED TOP ; 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.

External references

Authoritative Alaska resources

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