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Admiralty-Alaska Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001350
MRDS ID A012091
Record type Site
Current site name Admiralty-Alaska Mine
Alternate or previous names Lower Group: Tellurium Claim, Upper Group: Heckler Claim, Patterson Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.86341, 58.22946 (WGS84)
Relative position W SLOPE OF ROBERT BARRON PEAK, ADMIRALTY ISLAND

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
0425;0425 065E;064E 18;11,12,13 W2 (18); SE (11); S2 (12); N2 (13) Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES GIVEN FOR UPPERMOST GOLD-LODE WORKINGS; ADMIRALTY-ALASKA GOLD MINING CO. CLAIMS COVERED MOST OF THE AREA E OF FUNTER BAY AND NW OF ROBERT BARRON PEAK; SEE CADASTRAL COORDINATES FOR 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
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES, ESPECIALLY SPHALERITE, AND CLEAR, RUGGY QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.86341, 58.22946
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Funter Bay Anticline; Axial Plane: N15w, 38 E Dip

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS JOINTED AND FOLDED GREENSCHIST, QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST, GRAPHITIC PHYLLITE, MARBLE AND MINOR APLITE AND ALBITIZED DIORITE INTRUSIVES. AMPHIBOLE SCHIST OVERLAIN BY QUARTZ MICA SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887

Mining district

District name Admiralty/Funter Bay

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR ALASKA-ADMIRALTY, ALASKA DANO AND ALASKA EMPIRE PROPERTIES: 10,000-15,000 FINE OZ, MINED IN EARLY 1900'S, USGS OFR 84-572, P. 179, NO. 137A

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • TELLURIUM GROUP: TWO 100 FT SHAFTS AND CONNECTING CROSSCUTS; HECKLER AND UPPER GROUP: 70 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL TUNNELS INCLUDING ADIT DRIVEN S59E FOR 2600 FT INTO ROBERT BARRON PEAK; NUMEROUS SURFACE PITS AND OPEN CUTS; 37 PATENTED AND 125 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE AREA

Comments on development

  • ABOUT 100 CLIAMS IN 2 GROUPS, DISCOVERED 1887; DEVELOPMENT BEGAN 1894 ON TELLURIUM GROUP NEAR BEACH; MINED IN EARLY 1900'S; DEVELOPMENT UNTIL ABOUT 1936

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS PARALLEL NE TRENDING, SE DIPPING QUARTZ VEINS 3-10 FT WIDE, AVE. 3 FT WIDE; FREE GOLD, AURIFEROUS PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN GANGUE OF WHITE QUARTZ, VITREOUS QUARTZ, ALBITE, CARBONATE AND QUARTZ-CHLORITE; SCHISTS ADJACENT TO VEINS ALSO CONTAIN FREE GOLD AND SULFIDES
Deposit SEE ALSO: MERTIE LODE ; 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

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