Mine detail: Silver Queen Mine

Previously called 'Alaska Gastineau Mining Co., American Gold Mining Co.,Silver Queen GroupClaims: Ascension, Ibex, Glacier, Silver Queen'

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Location

Lat / long:

58.28308, -134.30978

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1889
Last production ended:	1903

Geology

Host rock:	Perseverance Slate;Perseverance Slate
Host type:	Slate
Associated rock:	Perseverance Slate;Perseverance Slate;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics
Associated type:	Greenstone
Structure:	Nw Structural Trend Cut By Ew Cross Faults; Minor Ne Plunging Folds
Tectonic:	Coast Plutonic-Metamorphic Complex, Brew And Ford, 1984, Usgs Circ 939, P 90-93

References

MRDS	A012056
DEP	10001317
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS 18TH ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 3, P. 62-63, 73-75}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 287, P. 4, 36-37, 50-55}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 542, P. 32}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 800, P. 327}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 85-717, P. 185}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 85-395}{Other Database:: BAG-OFR-85-717-172}
Reporter	Mosier, Dan, Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.)