Mine detail: Alaska-Juneau Mine

Previously called 'Alaska GastinauAlaska PerseverenceEbner'

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Location

Lat / long:

58.30808, -134.34645

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR CENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890
Last production ended:	1944

Geology

Host type:	Slate
Structure:	Silverbow Transverse Fault Offsets Lode System About 1800 Ft

References

MRDS	A010693
DEP	10100943
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS OFR 78-374, P. 15-19, 51-52, 107-108}{Deposit:: STONE, DAVID, AND STONE BRENDA, 1980, HARD ROCK GOLD: JUNEAU, CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU, JUNEAU CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, 108 P.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, MARCH 29, 1984, P. 12}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 52-160, 178 P}{Production:: USGS OFR 78-374; STONE & STONE, 1980; USGS OFR 60}
Reporter	Elliott, R. L., Mosier, Dan