Salt Chuck Project

Salt Chuck Property Map

• Located in southeast Alaska on Prince of Wales Island, approximately 70 kilometres northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska.
• Access to the property is by ferry from Ketchikan and then by paved and gravel road. The property is comprised of 146 Federal claims occupying an area of 1,082 hectares.
• Property covers a mafic-ultramafic igneous complex trend over about 7 kilometres by 1.6 kilometres in outcrops aligned on a northwest axis it does not cover the old mine site and tailings area.
• The Salt Chuck mafic-ultramafic complex occurs in a folded succession of Paleozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks and Paleozoic to Mesozoic intrusive rocks comprising the Alexander Terrane of southeastern Alaska.

Property History:

1900

Copper-gold-silver mineralization was identified at the Salt Chuck, Rush and Brown Mine, and Venus mine.

1905

Originally located by Charles Goodro and operated as an intermittent underground mine until 1915. The Salt Chuck mine was initially known as the Goodro or Joker prospect. At that time, the ore was hand sorted and shipped with grades reported to be 4% Cu, 4.25 g/t Au and 4.25 g/t Ag.

1915

Platinum was identified in the ore, but it was not until 1917 that palladium was identified.

1916-1923

The Salt Chuck Mining Co. took over mining operations with a milling capacity of 27 t/day. The company was reorganized in 1923 under the name Alaska Palladium Mining Co., and mill capacity was increased to 272 t/day, until it closed in 1926.

1916-1941

Alaska Gold & Metals Co. operated the property. Reported production from 1916 through 1941 was 296,000 t of copper sulphide ore grading 0.95% Cu, 2.0 g/t Pd, 1.1 g/t Au and 5.7 g/t Ag; with recovery of 2.81 million kg Cu and 9,000 kg Pd, with important credits in gold and silver. No production has taken place since then.

Salt Chuck Claim Map