The Howard Bay Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Howard Bay Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Howard Bay Prospect
Secondary: Copper King
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1921
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 85-717-NO. J041 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED 1921; CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORTED; CLAIMS: 1926-1982
Comment (Deposit): REPORTED SILVER-LEAD OREBODY CARRYING SOME ZINC; NO OTHER DATA
Comment (Workings): 15 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): V. LITTLE DATA ON THIS SITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 739, P. 21
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 162
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 54
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-041
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