Mine detail: Alaskan Mine

Previously called 'Alaskan Claim'

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Location: La Paz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.75756, -113.34715
dep_id: 10027658
mrds_id: M003717
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chrysocolla, Limonite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: The Breccia Appears To Represent A Thrust Fault Zone Into Which The Ore-Bearing Solutions Entered From Below Along Transverse Fractures
ore_ctrl: The Ore Deposit, Which Occurs Within A Gently Southward Dipping Brecciated Zone That Due To Flattening Southward From The Collar Of Shaft, Is Only A Few Feet Below The Surface
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMANN, R.E.S.; 1936; ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D.; CUNNINGHAM, J.B.; BUTLER, G.M.; 1934; ARIZONA LODE MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 133
  • Production:: A.B.M. BULL. 137, P. 133; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104
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