The Falck is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 899 feet.
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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
Elevation: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 60.8678, -146.54780
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Falck MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Falck
Secondary: Reynolds Alaska Dev
Secondary: Putz-Steinmetz
Secondary: Standard 1-4
Secondary: Porcupine,Beach
Secondary: Standard, Centaur
Secondary: Reynolds, H,D,
Secondary: Falk,L.P.M.
Secondary: Grizzly, Tiger
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Reynolds-Alaska
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1904
Owner Name: Joseph Putz And Peter Steinmetz
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1978
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
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALASKA KARDEX 96-26, 30. CHALCOPYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, SPHALERITE SHEAR ZONE GREENSTONES. USGS CRIB A000698 USGS CRIB A000705 Workings consist of: 1. 182.9 m. elev. adit - 18.3 m. of crosscuts, 33.5 m. of drifts, & 1.8 m. winze; 2. 257.6 m. elev. adit - 182.9 m. of workings; 3. 304.8 m. elev. adits - 9.1 & 10.7 m. of workings. Open cuts. M.S. 788
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 096-026
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 096-030
Reference (Deposit): B284i pp. 82-83
Reference (Deposit): B542g pp. 115-116
Reference (Deposit): B605 pp. 102-104
Reference (Deposit): B963B p. 59
Reference (Deposit): RI5320 p. 5
Reference (Deposit): I453
Reference (Deposit): MF392
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 66, 68
Reference (Deposit): OF79-973 75 pp.
Reference (Deposit): OF82-1029
Reference (Deposit): B1139 363 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B379e pp. 87-96
Reference (Deposit): B443 89 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MIRL 27 p. 51
Reference (Deposit): BMOF83-81 229 pp.
Reference (Deposit): BMOF69-73
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality C-79)
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