This site is located on land conveyed to the Koniag Corporation.
Location: This site is located on the east side of Amook Bay in sec. 29, T. 31 S., R. 28 W., of the Seward Meridian (Martin, 1913, locality 7; Berg and Cobb, 1967, figure 15, locality 12; Cobb, 1972, MF460, locality 2; McGee, 1972, locality 9; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 2). Site location is accurate to within a few hundred feet.
Geology: At this site auriferous quartz veins cut Cretaceous slate. The main vein worked by Amok Gold Mining Company strikes N. 45 W. and dips 80 southwest and averages 3 feet in thickness with a maximum of 5 feet. The vein consists of quartz and minor pyrite. Quartz veinlets, most of which parallel the slaty cleavage, are present in the surrounding slates. A sill-like body of keratophyre is present at the site. Capps (1937) reports that only a few hundred dollars worth of gold was produced.
Workings: This property was developed by a 210-foot adit, a 130-foot shaft, and 180 feet of drifts. A 5-stamp mill, erected in 1906, burned and was replaced by a 10-stamp mill. Mining ceased in 1913 but was resumed for a time in 1927-28. The latter endeavor failed because the ore was too low in grade.
Age: Cretaceous or younger
Production: Total production is said to have been worth only a few hundred dollars.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Chugach-type low-sulfide gold-quartz vein (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1), turbidite

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Gold

Mineral List

ⓘ Native Gold

ⓘ Pyrite

ⓘ Quartz

3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Native Gold

Formula: Au

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Gold	1.AA.05	Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Native Gold	Au

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References

Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous lode deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p. Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investiagtions in 1935: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880-C, p. 111-184, 1 plate, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kodiak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-460, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p. MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. McGee, D.L., 1972, Kodiak Island and vicinity, Alaska, geology and mineral resources: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report AOF-31, 7 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Martin, G.C., 1913, Mineral deposits of Kodiak and the neighboring islands, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1912: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542, p. 125-136.

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