Mine detail: Florence No. 1 Mine

Previously called 'Admirality - Alaska Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 58.24974, -134.85202

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Pentlandite, Quartz, Silver
Orebody form: FLAT
Discovery year: 1923

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Marble,Greenstone,Phyllite
Associated type:Diorite,Gabbro,Tuff
Structure:Mt. Robert Barron, Anticline
Tectonic:Folds, Faults

References

MRDSFS00036
DEP10022646
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3950, EXPLORATION OF A NICKEL COPPER COBALT DEPOSIT AT FUNTER BAY, ADMIRALTY ISLAND, ALASKA.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN, 783 - B}{Deposit:: USGS MAP AND GEOLOGY, CQ100, GEOLOGY OF THE JUNEAU (B - 3) QUADRANGLE, ALASKA.}{Deposit:: 1963 DIREXPL DMEA}{Deposit:: 1963 OTHER FS, VALIDATED DISCOVERY}{Deposit:: FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION 10 - SR - 12 (3) BY HOWARD BANTA, MARCH 1963.}
ReporterSierk, Betty M.