1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Weiler Mine

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000644
MRDS ID A011261
Record type Site
Current site name Weiler Mine
Related records 10161492

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.85845, 63.55374 (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
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED AT 3 OZ/TON AU, ADGGS OFR 98, P. 34 LOC. 40

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) -150.85845, 63.55374
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 60 TO 70
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nick Begich Jr.

Production statistics

  • Year 1983
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 2118g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 100000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.9764 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Silver Ag 23351.346 g/mt Silver Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH GRADE ORE SHOOT IN QUARTZ VEIN APPEARS TO BE LIMITED IN EXTENT

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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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