Alaska Empire Mine

Alaska, United States

Gold Silver Lead Zinc Copper

Land & claims · BLM · live

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BLM MLRS ↗Claims at this point ↗Surface mgmt ↗

Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryGold, Silver

TertiaryLead, Zinc, Copper

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite

GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockMica Schist

Associated rockGneiss

StructureTight Isoclinal Folds; Two Sets Of Persistent Fractures Strike N-S And N 20-40 E, Dip Steeply E

Tectonic settingMansfield Sub Belt, Brew And Ford, Usgs Ofr 85-395, P. 10

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

Discovery year1919

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References

ADGGS GC 8, P. 14-15, 20USGS BULL 783, P. 41-44, 47-50USGS OFR 84-572, P. 180, NO. 144USGS BULLB 864-A, P. 17USGS BULL 1246, P. 137USGS BULL 773, P. 12, 72USGS OFR 85-717, P. 77BAG-OFR-85-717-064

Identification

Deposit ID10001344

MRDS IDA012085

Alternate namesHawk Inlet Mining Co., Williams Property

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates58.18307, -134.78812