Mine detail: Nabesna

Previously called 'Nabesna Mining Corporation'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 62.37663, -143.01839

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Iron, Zinc
Ore: Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Andradite, Apatite, Brookite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Gypsum, Quartz, Serpentine, Specularite, Sphene, Spinel, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite
Other material: Magnetite
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1931
Last production ended: 1940

Geology

Host rock:Nabesna Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Hornblendite,Andesite
Alteration processes:Oxidation Effective To Depth Of Several Tens Of Ft; Locally Extends To More Than 350 Ft In Depth.

References

MRDSA011387
DEP10000747
Reference{Deposit:: LOWE AND OTHERS, 1982, USGS GQ-1566, LOC. M1.}{Deposit:: RICHTER, D.H., AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-655-K, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P.S., 1942, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1940: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 933-A, P. 1-102.}{Deposit:: WAYLAND, R.C., 1943, GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR NABESNA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 933-B, P. 103-199.}{Deposit:: BERG, H.C., AND COBB, E.H., 1967, METALLIFEROUS LODE DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1246, 254 P.}{Deposit:: PILGRIM, E.R., 1931, NABESNA MINING CORPORATION, WHITHAM GROUP, IN STEWART, B.D., REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA AND THE UNITED STATES IN MAKING MINING INVESTIGATIONS AND IN INSPECTION OF MINES FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING MARCH 31, 1931, P. 60-62.}{Deposit:: COBB, E.H., 1973, PLACER DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374, 1 PLATE, 312 P.}{Deposit:: MOFFIT, F.H., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE ALASKA RANGE AND ADJACENT AREA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 989-D, P. 65-218.}{Deposit:: MOFFIT, F.H., 1938, THE SUSLOTA PASS DISTRICT, UPPER COPPER RIVER REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 844-C, P. 137-162.}{Deposit:: SMITH AND OTHERS, 1933, USGS B 844, P. 21}{Deposit:: MOFFIT, F.H., AND KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NABESNA-WHITE RIVER DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 379-D, P. 161-180.}{Deposit:: ADGGS SR 33, P. 11.}{Deposit:: USGS CIRC 348, P. 3-4.}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-655K-13}{Production:: USGS BULL 933-B, P. 194 AND ADGGS SR33, P. 11}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Leonard, Kenneth R. (Nokleberg, Warren J.), Mason, George