Patten Mining Co. Prospect

The Patten Mining Co. Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Patten Mining Co. Prospect
Secondary: Golden
Secondary: Happy Days

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Port Valdez

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): POSITION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 77 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): ADIT DRIVEN IN 1917; GOLDEN AND HAPPY DAYS CLAIMS, STAKED IN 1954,ARE THOUGHT TO BE A RELOCATION OF THE OLD PATTEN PROPERTY

Comment (Deposit): GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS

Comment (Workings): 160 FT ADIT DRIVEN IN 1917; CURRENT CONDITION UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: ORION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 692, P. 151

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8626, P. 21

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 77

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-77

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