Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryLead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlSlate/Greenstone Contact Is Important Ore Control For Alaska-Juneau Lode System
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockSlate · Perseverance Slate;Perseverance Slate
Associated rockGreenstone · Perseverance Slate;Perseverance Slate;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics;Gastineau Volcanics
StructureNw Structural Trend Cut By Ew Cross Faults; Minor Ne Plunging Folds
Tectonic settingCoast Plutonic-Metamorphic Complex, Brew And Ford, 1984, Usgs Circ 939, P 90-93
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1889
Last production1903
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10001317
MRDS IDA012056
Alternate namesAlaska Gastineau Mining Co., American Gold Mining Co.,, Silver Queen Group, Claims: Ascension, Ibex, Glacier, Silver Queen
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates58.28308, -134.30978
References
USGS 18TH ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 3, P. 62-63, 73-75USGS BULL 287, P. 4, 36-37, 50-55USGS BULL 542, P. 32USGS BULL 800, P. 327USGS OFR 85-717, P. 185USGS OFR 85-395BAG-OFR-85-717-172