The Ready Bullion 1-2 is a silver and copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,799 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
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 60.6778, -149.32530
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Ready Bullion 1-2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ready Bullion 1-2
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Forty Mile Association
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Ready Bullion Copper Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Massachusetts
Info Year: 1904
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL TONS CHALCOPYRITE-PYRRHOTITE MINED 1905-1906. Workings consist of an adit at the 853 m. elevation and contains 102 m. of crosscuts, 33.5 m. of drift, minor stoping, and a water filled winze. A second collapsed adit occurs at the 549 m. elevation.
References
Reference (Deposit): MF880A
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-272).
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-157
Reference (Deposit): B259g p. 99
Reference (Deposit): B277a p. 48
Reference (Deposit): B314h pp. 124-125
Reference (Deposit): P70 p. 164
Reference (Deposit): B587 pp. 177-178
Reference (Deposit): B849I pp. 520-521, plate 36 No. 46
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