Mine detail: Groundhog Mine

Previously called 'Alaska Perseverance Mining Co.Alaska Gastineau Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

58.29781, -134.34117

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1893
Last production ended:	1893

Geology

Host rock:	Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics;Perseverance Slate
Host type:	Greenstone

References

MRDS	A012039
DEP	10001301
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 287, P. 73-74}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 85-717, P. 181}{Other Database:: BAG-OFR-85-717-168}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan