Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Lead
TertiaryZinc, Copper, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR CENTICULAR
Ore controlMain Ore Zones Occur As Centicular Concentrations Of Quartz Stringer Lodes In Highly Faulted Footwall Of Slate
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSlate
StructureSilverbow Transverse Fault Offsets Lode System About 1800 Ft
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Last production1944
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10100943
MRDS IDA010693
Alternate namesAlaska Gastinau, Alaska Perseverence, Ebner
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates58.30808, -134.34645
References
USGS OFR 78-374, P. 15-19, 51-52, 107-108STONE, DAVID, AND STONE BRENDA, 1980, HARD ROCK GOLD: JUNEAU, CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU, JUNEAU CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, 108 P.NORTHERN MINER, MARCH 29, 1984, P. 12USGS OFR 52-160, 178 PUSGS OFR 78-374; STONE & STONE, 1980; USGS OFR 60