The Culross is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 190 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 190 Feet (58 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 60.7375, -148.18310
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Culross MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Culross
Secondary: Bugaboo 1 and 2
Secondary: Ricky Boy Discovery
Secondary: Helen's Discovery
Secondary: Helen 1-2
Secondary: Dagny 1 Thru 7
Secondary: Betty's Discovery
Secondary: Betty 1-2
Secondary: Chelan
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Thomas Culross Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Owner Name: Culross Island Mining And Milling Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Production
Year: 1925
Description: 62 Oz. Au, 53 Oz. Ag, 1914, 1917, 1925 57 Metric Tons
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Reported production: 1914, 1917, & 1925. Tons ore; 52 Gold (oz); 62 Silver (oz); 53 Underground development consists of an adit at the 58 m. elevation. Adit contains 56 m. of crosscuts, 146 m. of drifts, and several small stopes. A 55 m. raise extends to the surface.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-046
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-206
Reference (Deposit): B592j pp. 235, 236, plate 9 No. 52
Reference (Deposit): B622i p. 139
Reference (Deposit): B622j p. 188
Reference (Deposit): B642g p. 142
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 42, 52
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 50
Reference (Deposit): B692g p. 149
Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 29
Reference (Deposit): B792a pp. 10-11
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 12
Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 26
Reference (Deposit): ADGS AR 1922 175 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MF880A
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-102).
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 380811 5 pp.
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