Mine detail: Jewel

Previously called 'GunnysackCrow Creek Gold CorporationMonarch-Jewel'

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Location

Lat / long: 61.0426, -149.1065

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:The intrusive rocks have undergone argillic alteration. Limonite, scorodite, and cerusite present as a result of oxidation (Park, 1933).

References

MRDSA011656
DEP10000985
Reference{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1923, The Alaska mining industry in 1921: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 739, p. 1-50.}{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H. and Capps, S.R., 1924, Mineral industry in Alaska, 1922: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 755, p. 1-56.}{Deposit:: Smith, P.S., 1930, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1928: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 813-A, p. 1-72.}{Deposit:: Park, F.C., 1933, The Girdwood District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-G, p. 381-424.}{Deposit:: Smith, P.S. 1939, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1937: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 910-A, p. 1-113.}{Deposit:: Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 917-A, p. 1-113.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Clark, S.H.B., and Yount, M.E., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochemical analyses of stream-sediment and rock samples of the Anchorage A-6 Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 351, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.}{Deposit:: Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Hoekzema, R.B., Fechner, S.A., and Kurtak, J.M., 1987, Evaluation of selected lode gold deposits in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 9113, 62 p.}
ReporterS.W. Huss, W.J. Nokleberg, D.P. Bickerstaff