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Golden Horn

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Mercury, Antimony, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002617
MRDS ID A015054
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Horn
Related records 10113031

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.93293, 62.4494 (WGS84)
Relative position USGS MF-363, loc. 11

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Mercury Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Auriferous arsenopyrite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.93293, 62.4494
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Lode consists of irregularly distributed gold-scheelite-stibnite-galena-quartz veins at or near monzonite contact with sandstone and shale in vicinity of fault zone. Main lode reported to be 2-2.5 ft. wide. Ore is intergrown quartz and stibnite which carries gold.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Iditarod

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = From 1925-1937 produced 2,706 oz. Au, 2,620 oz. Ag, and 9,336 lb. Pb.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Inferred reserves of 148,000 tons at 0.29 oz/ton of Au and 0.64 oz/ton of Ag. Larger area of lower grade ore discussed in Bundtzen and others (1992) p. 28-29.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface and underground workings: By 1938 underground workings totaled 1,808 ft. and consisted of 303 ft. in two shafts, 1,025 ft. of drifts, and 480 ft. of crosscuts; all are now inaccessible. Beginning in 1977 the property was drilled and trenched. In the latter part of the 1980's it was stripped as an open cut.; Misco-Walsh Mining Company mined the residual placers and also continued exploration in 1994.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1992

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins
Deposit Other Comments = Misco-Walsh Mining continued in 1994 to resolve metallurgical problems associated with the complex refractory ores.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUN-1996 Powers, M.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-JUN-1996 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-JUN-1996 Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-JUN-1996 Keith, W.J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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