The Uncle Sam Mine is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Uncle Sam Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uncle Sam Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1899
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PRESENCE OF GOLD UNCONFIRMED
Comment (Production): ONLY SMALL SCALE MINING. TOTAL PRODUCTION PERHAPS GREATER THAN 350 TONS. RETURNED $22/TON IN 1906.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1, P. 101.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 47-48.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 314, P. 67.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 347, P. 117
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF 433
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-869, P. 211.
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