The Unnamed Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 10 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: 10 Feet (3 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 60.1758, -148.17720
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Secondary: Bebe Point
Secondary: Whale Bay
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Simon Lacy
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1911
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): One 15.2 m.-long adit.
References
Reference (Deposit): I273
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-25).
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