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Alaska Dano Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10001349
MRDS ID A012090
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Dano Mine
Alternate or previous names War Horse Mine
Related records 10233988

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.87119, 58.2178 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juneau A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Juneau SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Juneau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Admiralty Island(hydrologic unit)

Central 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 042S;042S 064E;065E 13,14,23,24,25;19,30 SW (13); N2 OF SE (14); NE OF NE (23); N2 OF SE (24); NE OF NE (25); SW OF NW OF W2 OF SW (19); NW OF NW (30) Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • CADASTRAL COORDINATES SHOW APPROXIMATE AREA OF CLAIMS 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 Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPHALERITE REPORTED IN ONLY ONE REFERENCE

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result HAND SORTED ORE RAN 4.85 OZ/TON AU, HIGH AG ASSAYS REPORTED, USGS OFR 78-374, P. 12

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.87119, 58.2178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR MARGIN OF SMALL GRANITIC BODY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Admiralty

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 253.9M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE SHIPPED IN 1900'S WAS TAKEN FROM VEINS EXPOSED IN SMALL CREEK JUST E OF TUNNEL ON CHATHAM CLAIM; DEVELOPMENT: 2 SHAFTS, 48 FT AND 125 FT, PLUS 320 FT OF DRIFTS ON WAR HORSE VEIN BY 1900; 64 FT TUNNEL AND 200 FT TUNNEL ADDED IN 1919; 76 FT OF TUNNELING IN 1929; 31 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Comments on development

  • 19 CLAIMS; WAR HORSE MINE DEVELOPED IN 1897 AND OPERATED IN 1900; 2 SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS MADE IN EARLY 1900'S; MINOR DEVELOPMENT UNTIL ABOUT 1929

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit NUMEROUS QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS AND PYRITIFEROUS QUARTZ LENSES; MOST VEINS 0.5-2FT THICK, ONE VEIN 20-25 FT THICK; VISIBLE GOLD IN QUARTZ AND PYRRHOTITE; VEINS ALSO CARRY PYRITE, GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE
Deposit SEE ALSO: ALASKA EMPIRE, ADMIRALTY-ALASKA; SEE ESPECIALLY NOWELL-OTTERSON AND PRODUCTION COMMENTS FOR AK EMPIRE ; 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
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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