Mine detail: Alaska Empire Mine

Previously called 'Hawk Inlet Mining Co.Williams Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

58.18307, -134.78812

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Mica Schist
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Tight Isoclinal Folds; Two Sets Of Persistent Fractures Strike N-S And N 20-40 E, Dip Steeply E
Tectonic:	Mansfield Sub Belt, Brew And Ford, Usgs Ofr 85-395, P. 10

References

MRDS	A012085
DEP	10001344
Reference	{Deposit:: ADGGS GC 8, P. 14-15, 20}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 783, P. 41-44, 47-50}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 84-572, P. 180, NO. 144}{Deposit:: USGS BULLB 864-A, P. 17}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1246, P. 137}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 773, P. 12, 72}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 85-717, P. 77}{Other Database:: BAG-OFR-85-717-064}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan