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Gold Standard Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Bismuth, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10100931
MRDS ID A010113
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Standard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.01291, 55.65391 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Tetradymite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $5 TO $15/TON AU (1902 PRICES)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Greenschist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.01291, 55.65391
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip OLDER SET 60 NE; YOUNGER SET 60 TO 70 SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 304.8M
  • Strike N25W
    Dip OLDER SET 60 NE; YOUNGER SET 60 TO 70 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Older Set Of Veins Follow Foliations In Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLS OF LARGEST VEIN (THE ONE MINED) ARE SLICKENSIDED AND GOUGE IS PRESENT ALONG FOOTWALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Year of first production 1898
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED INTERMITTENLY. NO DATA ON QUANTITY OR GRADE OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 38.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SETS OF QUARTZ VEINS. OLDER SET IS LARGER AND CARRIES MOST OF ORE
Deposit SEE ALSO GOLD STANDARD, KETCHIKAN QUAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.