The Atom is a uranium mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 853 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 853 Feet (260 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 54.9125, -132.12920
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Atom MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atom
Secondary: Atom Marietta
Secondary: Little Ray
Secondary: Little Mary Rose
Secondary: Atom Florence
Secondary: Atom Rose
Secondary: Atom Irene
Secondary: Irene D
Secondary: Atom Annie
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Beryllium
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: Cotter Corp.
Company ID: 5001228
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1979
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reference): BACK-UP FILE
Comment (Ownership): OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: COTTER CORPORATION P.O. BOX 352 GOLDEN, COLORADO 80401
Comment (Deposit): 7 CLAIMS 1955. 3 CLAIMS STAKED 1956. 3 CLAIMS STAKED 1967, 1968 & 1975. 3 CLAIMS 1969. 6 CLAIMS STAKED 1976. ALL ACTIVE 1977 EXCEPT 1967 & 1969 CLAIMS. MAIN WORKINGS ON ATOM MARIETTA #4. ARE SMALL CUTS & PITS. CONSISTS OF MINERALIZED ANDESITE-DACITE DIKES IN SHEAR ZONES IN GRANODIORITE- QTZ MONZONITE HOST ROCK. IN ALBITIZED ZONE AROUND BOKAN MTN. PERALKALINE GRANITE. URANOTHORITE & URANINITE IN VEINLETS, DISSEM. & IRREGU- LAR ASSEMBLAGES IN DIKE ROCK. ORE IN PLACE IS TOO LITTLE TO MINE BUT FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION. BEST FLOAT ASSAYS AT 9% U308. BEO DISC. IN PHENACITE IN 1958. BEST VALUE .91% BEO.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 121-013
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 121-073
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 121-077
Reference (Deposit): B1155d p. 31
Reference (Deposit): B1155e pp. 44, 47-48
Reference (Deposit): B1154 pp. 73-78, plate 1
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