The Carter Claims is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,749 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,749 Feet (533 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 60.94972, -147.94917
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Carter Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carter Claims
Secondary: Claims: O.K. No. 1
Secondary: New York
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Prince William Sound District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Country Rock Is Schistose
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ASSAYS SAID TO BE HIGH
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): SMALL PARALLEL FISSURES HAVE STRINGERS AND CENSES OF QUARTZ. FISSURES VARY FROM 4 TO 12 IN THICK, WITH ENCLOSED VEINS UP TO 10 IN THICK.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 592, P.224-225
Reference (Deposit): USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 161
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P.49
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