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Three-In-One Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  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 10000809
MRDS ID A011458
Record type Site
Current site name Three-In-One Mine
Alternate or previous names Cube Mines Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.56228, 61.13181 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

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

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 14 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
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Kaf
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 TO 35 W
    Dip 50 W TO VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES N 77 E, DIPS 60 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • MILL OPERATED PART OF 1917; NO DATA ON AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 DRIFTS TOTALLING 1300 FT CONNECTED BY 175 FT RAISE REPORTED IN 1916; PRESENT CONDITION UNKNOWN

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 1913 AND 1917; MILL INSTALLED IN 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS AVERAGING ABOUT 0.5 M THICK IN LONG NARROW LENSES OCCUPYING SHEAR ZONE 3 TO 10 FT WIDE; SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 15 TO 35 W AND DIPS 50 W TO VERTICAL
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

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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