Apex El Nido

Site Name

Primary: Apex El Nido
Secondary: El Nido
Secondary: Barrett
Secondary: Golden Pelican
Secondary: Gold Spray
Secondary: Golden Queen
Secondary: Haywire Group
Secondary: Apex
Secondary: Ariel
Secondary: Cable

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Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten

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Location

State: Alaska

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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.

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Holdings

Type: Located Claim

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Workings

Not available

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Ownership

Owner Name: Apex El Nido Mines, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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Physiography

Not available

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Not available

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB D002754 DEPOSIT DISCOVERED 1919. ACTIVE 1976. FIRST PRODUCTION 1920. WORKINGS: TOTAL OF 5850 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKING. TOTAL PROD. ESTIMATED $591,471 FROM 12800 TONS AT $46.21/TON FOR AU & AG. 1941 PRICES. PROVEN RESERVES $8,127,215. PROJ RESERVES $445,436,133. FROM MCDONALD (1974). COMPOSED OF AU & SULFIDE BEARING QTZ VEINS IN FRACTURES IN A DIORITE STOCK. SCHEELITE IN STRINGERS IN VEINS & WALL ROCK. MCDONALD PROPOSED FURTHER DEVELOPMENT & MINING PROCEDURE.

Comment (Reference): MACDONALD, 1974 (APEX & EL NIDO MINES: BACK-UP FILE, 22 P.)

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References

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 20

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 19

Reference (Deposit): B929 pp. 143-145

Reference (Deposit): MR191-5 p. 3

Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 470703 p. 1

Reference (Deposit): RI4174 pp. 5, 48-51

Reference (Deposit): B963A pp. 20-23

Reference (Deposit): PE114-13

Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 12

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 14

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 16

Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 14

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 15

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 15

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 15

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 16

Reference (Deposit): MR111-1 pp. 76-78

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 17

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 19

Reference (Deposit): IC7844 p. 13

Reference (Deposit): B1058E pp. 143, 200-204

Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 7

Reference (Deposit): B783b p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B792a p. 10

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 10

Reference (Deposit): B800 pp. 317-319, 330-331, 346, 372, 378

Reference (Deposit): ADGS AR 1966a pp. 53-54, 61, 63

Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 142

Reference (Deposit): MF467

Reference (Deposit): P792 p. 91, plate 1

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 84, No. 222

Reference (Deposit): OF81-122

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. F-20

Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 14

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 114-005

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 114-025

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 114-026

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 114-146

Reference (Deposit): B722a pp. 37-38

Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 22

Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 25

Reference (Deposit): B773a pp. 12, 31

Reference (Deposit): B773d pp. 114-121

Reference (Deposit): MR195-10 p. 199

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