Mine detail: Alaska-Juneau Mine

Previously called 'Mines: A.J., Perseverance, EbnerAlaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.Orebodies: North Ore Body, South Ore Body'

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Location

Lat / long:

58.30725, -134.34702

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, LENSE
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1893
Last production ended:	1944

Geology

Host rock:	Perseverance Slate;Perseverance Slate
Host type:	Amphibolite
Associated rock:	Mt Juneau Pluton;Perseverance Slate;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Area Sw Of Coast Range Intrusive Complex Is Metamorphic Belt With Well Developed Nw Trending Isoclinal Fold System; Minor Fold Axes Plunge Steeply Ne; Two Major Fault Sets: Nw Striking Longitudinal Faults And Steeply Dipping E-W Striking Transverse Faults, A.J. Lode System Is Bisected By E W Trending, Transverse-Normal, Silverbow Fault; Dip 70 N; Ebner Mine And North Ore Body Have Been Offset To The W And Dropped Relative To South Ore Body And Perseverance Mine
Tectonic:	Coast Plutonic-Metamorphic Complex, Brew And Ford, 1984, See: Usgscirc 868, P. 120-124

References

MRDS	A012057
DEP	10001318
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS OFR 60}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL.133, NO.9}{Deposit:: ADGGS GR 1, P.19-21}{Deposit:: NOEL, G.A., 1966, THE PRODUCTIVE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA, IN ADGGS REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1966: JUNEAU, ALASKA, P.54, 60}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 302, NO. 7755, P.230-231}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 85-395}{Deposit:: USGS CIRC 700, P.54-56}{Deposit:: ADGGS SR 38, P.14}{Deposit:: STONE, DAVID AND STONE, BRENDA, 1983, HARD ROCK GOLD, THE STORY OF THE GREAT MINES THAT WERE THE HEARTBEAT OF JUNEAU: SEATTLE, WASH., VANGUARD PRESS INC., P.57-78}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 85-717, P.178}{Other Database:: BAG-OFR-85-717-165}{Production:: USGS OFR 60, TABLE 2}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan