Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2010.19.001
Accession#:
2010.19
Credit Line:
Donated by Hecla Greens Greek Mining Company.
Object Name:
Sample, Mineral
Date:
2010
Description:
Mineral Sample, Quartz with Electrum on Phyllite Host Rock.
Roughly triangular ore sample. The peak of the sample is white quartz. The base of the sample is a metallic gray phyllite host rock with streaks of electrum running through it.
Roughly triangular ore sample. The peak of the sample is white quartz. The base of the sample is a metallic gray phyllite host rock with streaks of electrum running through it.
Notes:
Electrum (silver and gold) in the sample appears pink. The more pink, the more gold in that part of the sample.
Greens Creek is on Admiralty Island above Hawk Inlet. The ore storage transfer facility and base camp are at tidewater. The mine and mill facility are upland.
Greens Creek is on Admiralty Island above Hawk Inlet. The ore storage transfer facility and base camp are at tidewater. The mine and mill facility are upland.
People:
Cave, Caroline
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Greens Creek Ore Sample
Greens Creek Ore Sample
Greens Creek Ore Sample
Greens Creek Ore Sample