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Alice Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000805
MRDS ID A011454
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Mine
Related records 10282883

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.59812, 61.13431 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoup Bay State Marine Park(State Marine Park)

State Marine Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: PICKTHORN, 1982, U. C. L. A. M. S. THESIS, SAMPLE LOCATION MAP, SHEET 2; SEE REFERENCES. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • AG ALLOYED WITH AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 16.00 PPM AU IN MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN, PICKTHORN, 1982, U. C. L. A. M. S. THESIS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group;Valdez Group;Valdez Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.59812, 61.13431
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 TO 65 W
    Dip 70 S TO 90
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES N 70-80 E, DIPS 50-70 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY DATA ON PRODUCTION ARE REPORTS OF TWO ORE SHIPMENTS: 30 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1912, USGS BULL 6228 P.175; SMALL TEST SHIPMENT IN 1916, USGS BVLL 6228 P.191

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 158.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING AS OF 1916 WERE 250 FT DRIFT AND A 170 FT SHAFT WITH TWO 50 FT DRIFTS AT BOTTOM ALONG VEIN

Comments on development

  • LOCATED 1910; SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS IN 1912 AND 1916 REPORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 520, P. 123

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 622, P. 152-153, 175-176

  • Deposit

    USBM BULL 153, P. 43

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-438, LOC. 13

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 10

  • Deposit

    PICKTHORN, WILLIAM, 1982, STABLE ISOTOPE AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF THE PORT VALDEZ DISTRICT, SOUTHERN ALASKA: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, U. C. L. A., M. S. THESIS, MAP 1, SHEET 2, TABLE 3

  • Other Database

    BAG-OFR-80-892B-10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONE .5 TO 2.5 FT WIDE, LOCALLY UP TO 6 FT WIDE; CONTAINS QUARTZ-CHLORITE-CALCITE VEINLETS CARRYING GOLD, SILVER, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA.
Deposit SEE ALSO: CLIFF MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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