The Kasna Creek is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 60.1569, -154.05420
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Kasna Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kasna Creek
Secondary: Platsburg
Secondary: Barnes
Secondary: Cook
Secondary: Gilt Edge
Secondary: Kendall
Secondary: King
Secondary: Belle
Secondary: Cyanide
Secondary: Peary
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay Mining Region
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: St. Eugene Mining Corp. Ltd.
Company ID: 5000198
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
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: Calcite
Unknown: Amphibole
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Talc
Comments
Comment (Reference): MALONEY MEMO.(AFOC) 1971
Comment (Deposit): INDICATED RESOURCE NUMBER AT 75% P & GRADE TAKEN FROM MEMO TO H BENNETT FROM RAY MALONEY (AFOC) 3/31/71. INFERRED TONNAGE (50% P) ENTERED IS 1.333 TIMES 75% P TONNAGE. STRIPPING RATIO IS 1:2. MINE LIFE CALCULATED TO BE 14 YEARS. COSTING COMPLETED FROM SCRATCH BY BOB BOTTGE. SEE BACKUP FILE FOR DETAILS. FLOTATION MILLING SYSTEM USED. CONCENTRATE PRODUCED CONTAINS 25% COPPER. COSTING FROM SCRATCH BY BOB BOTTGE. SEE BACKUP FILE FOR DETAILS. AFTER 4 YEAR PREPRODUCTION MINE WILL PRODUCE 14 YEARS. REMOTE LOCATION REQUIRES THE BUILDING OF A TOWNSITE AND ROAD. MINE PROD. COSTS BASED ON 5 D/WK OPERATION, WHILE MILL COST IS BASED ON A 357 DAY/YEAR OPERATION. BASE YEAR FOR COSTING BOTH MINE & MILL IS 1970 ESTIMATED CAPITAL COSTS MINE - ACQUSITION $ 100,000 - EXPLORATION 5,700,000 - DEVELOPMENT (STRIPPING $840,000, ROAD $2,000,000) - EQUIPMENT 2,330,100 - PLANT $2,411,600 & TOWNSITE 3,143,800 - WORKING CAPITAL 546,800 MILL - PLANT & EQUIPMENT - WORKING CAPITAL 22,658,300 ESTIMATED OPERATING COSTS 1,430,000 MINE - $1.983/METRIC TON MILL - 5.348/METRIC TON NO INCREASE OF MILL COST ESTIMATED, DUE TO MINE LIFE. M.S. NO. 973.
References
Reference (Deposit): OF272 pp. 13-16
Reference (Deposit): GC20 pp. 2, 4-10, 14
Reference (Deposit): MF378
Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 83, No. 173
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. D-52
Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 45, No. 92
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 093-007
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 093-013
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SR38 p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B442j pp. 198-199
Reference (Deposit): B485 pp. 121-122
Reference (Deposit): B655 pp. 150-151
Reference (Deposit): B862 pp. 92-93
Reference (Deposit): IC7379 p. 33
Reference (Deposit): RI4828
Reference (Deposit): C207 pp. 3-4
Reference (Deposit): OF51 p. 77
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 14-16
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