Winfield Shaft

The Winfield Shaft is a tin mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,519 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Winfield Shaft
Secondary: Surprise
Secondary: Granite
Secondary: Alaska Tin Corporation
Secondary: North Hill
Secondary: Ear Mountain Lodes
Secondary: Chloride Fraction

Commodity

Primary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Winfield Estate
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1981

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: 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

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PATENT 953511 ISSUED 1925 ON SURPRISE, CHLORIDE FRACTION, AND GRANITE LODE CLAIMS (KX 043-007). USGS CRIB A003670 USGS CRIB D002558

Comment (Reference): MULLIGAN, 1954, DMEA DOCKET NO. 2942

References

Reference (Deposit): B490 pp. 10, 21

Reference (Deposit): B520e p. 89

Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 58

Reference (Deposit): B592v p. 407

Reference (Deposit): B284o pp. 155-156

Reference (Deposit): B314b pp. 28-29

Reference (Deposit): B345n pp. 252, 254-256

Reference (Deposit): B358 pp. 9, 25-32

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B692w pp. 355, 357

Reference (Deposit): B722f p. 181

Reference (Deposit): B733 pp. 103-111

Reference (Deposit): TDM5R p. 22

Reference (Deposit): OF51 pp. 29-32

Reference (Deposit): B1024C pp. 65-70, 86-92

Reference (Deposit): IC7871 p. 4

Reference (Deposit): P424C p. 17

Reference (Deposit): C479 pp. 14-15

Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 131, 134

Reference (Deposit): P530 p. 112

Reference (Deposit): MF426

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-112

Reference (Deposit): P2 pp. 4, 12

Reference (Deposit): B225 p. 166

Reference (Deposit): B229 pp. 17, 26-28

Reference (Deposit): B259k pp. 120, 125

Reference (Deposit): B260b p. 181

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-007

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-011

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