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Ivanhoe Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001334
MRDS ID A012074
Record type Site
Current site name Ivanhoe Mine
Alternate or previous names Mellon Mining and Manufacturing Co.
Related records 10185983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -135.10456, 58.88225 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MI NE OF COMET MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juneau(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lynn Canal(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS PRINTED ON JUNEAU D-4 QUAD., 1:63360 TOPOGRAPHIC SERIES 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Jualin Diorite
    Rock description Jualin Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -135.10456, 58.88225
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 30-60 E (AVE 50 E)
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONLY MINE IN THE BERNERS BAY AREA THAT IS NOT IN JUALIN DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1897
Year of last production 1903

Mining district

District name Juneau/Berners Bay

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 315.47M
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 185 FT TUNNEL AND 850 FT DRIFT ON VEIN; MINE HAD A 20-STAMP MILL AND 8 FRUE VANNERS

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE 1897-1903; 3 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 QUARTZ VEINS; MOST WORK WAS ON ONE AU-BEARING VEIN, 1 TO 9 FT WIDE, AVERAGE OF 5 FT, WITH A FOOTWALL OF DIORITE
Deposit SEE ALSO: JUALIN, KENSINGTON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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