Potato Mountain

The Potato Mountain is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 348 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

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Site Name

Primary: Potato Mountain
Secondary: Buck Creek
Secondary: Peluk Creek
Secondary: Iron Creek
Secondary: Diomede Oakland Creek
Secondary: Grouse Creek
Secondary: Sterling Creek
Secondary: Sutter Creek
Secondary: Potato Creek

Commodity

Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Port Clarence District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Don O. Roberts And Neal W. Foster
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: R. G. Billberg And R. F. Galleher
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: Pce Explorations
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: Richard Lee And Associates
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975

Production

Year: 1953
Description: 66 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 61 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 106 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 37 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1901
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: Tourmaline
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION- PLACER RECOVERY 1902-1953 1,102 ST TIN. VALUE PLACER TIN RECOVERED 1902-1953 VALUED AT $1,337,475. TOTAL TIN SET AT 252 ST IN 3,102,169 CU. YDS. GRAVEL-1975. ASSAYS FROM PAST RECOVERED ROCK SHOW 1-8 % SN METAL CONTENT. MILLING PRODUCES A CONCENTRATE WITH 63% SN METAL CONTENT. BEDROCK SOURCE OF PLACER TIN HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. ORE RESERVES TAKEN FROM DRAFT WMR DATED JAN. 1945. TWO DREDGES ON-SITE. THESE DREDGES BUILT APPROXIMATELY 1920. DRAGLINE & PLANT CHOSEN OVER DREDGE. REMAINING MINING WILL REQUIRE CONSIDERABLE CLEANUP WORK. MINE LIFE AT MINING RATE OF 300000 CM/YR CALC. AT 7.9 YRS. NO COST ENTERED FOR PERMAFROST MELTING SINCE MINING METHOD WILL ALLOW FOR SOLAR MELTING. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY ESTIMATED AT $100,000. MINE EXPLORATION COSTS ESTIMATED AT $50,000. MINE DEVELOPMENT COSTS ESTIMATED AT $396,000. MINE EQUIPMENT COST: $889,073. MINE WORKING CAPITAL AT 10% OF EQUIPMENT COST: $88,907. MILL EQUIPMENT COST: $1,304,323. MILL WORKING CAPITAL AT 10% OF CAPITAL COST: $161,711. MILL PRODUCT IS CASSITERITE. FEED GRADE 220 GM/CU SH. WASTE ROCK CONSIDERED AS ROCK VOLUMN OUTSIDE MINING SECTION. MILL PLANT COST: $312,788. MINE PLANT COST: $300,000. USGS CRIB A003654 USGS CRIB A003667 USGS CRIB A003671 USGS CRIB A003648 USGS CRIB A003678 USGS CRIB A003639 USGS CRIB M046153 USGS CRIB A003621

References

Reference (Deposit): B714k p. 236

Reference (Deposit): B722a p. 22

Reference (Deposit): B733

Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT431

Reference (Deposit): RI3902

Reference (Deposit): RI3978

Reference (Deposit): RI4345

Reference (Deposit): RI4418

Reference (Deposit): IC7871

Reference (Deposit): IC7878

Reference (Deposit): C479

Reference (Deposit): RI6587

Reference (Deposit): B1374

Reference (Deposit): OF77-796B

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. A-30

Reference (Deposit): P2

Reference (Deposit): B259

Reference (Deposit): B260

Reference (Deposit): B284

Reference (Deposit): B284o pp. 145-147

Reference (Deposit): B314b pp. 28-29

Reference (Deposit): B328 pp. 268-282

Reference (Deposit): B345n pp. 251-267

Reference (Deposit): B358

Reference (Deposit): B442a p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B480d pp. 88-90

Reference (Deposit): B520e pp. 89-92

Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 50

Reference (Deposit): B592u p. 393

Reference (Deposit): B622e pp. 81-94

Reference (Deposit): B642c pp. 27-28

Reference (Deposit): B662p pp. 443-458

Reference (Deposit): B692w pp. 353-361

Reference (Deposit): B712h p. 195

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-012

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-041

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-047

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-049

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-050

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-062

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-107

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-109

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-110

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-111

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 043-125

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WAR MINERALS REPORT431 p. 11

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