The Cobol Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 755 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 755 Feet (230 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 57.8556, -136.21250
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Cobol Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cobol Mine
Secondary: Cox-Loberg-Bolyan Prospect
Secondary: Pinta Bay Mining Company
Secondary: West Coast Development Company
Secondary: L & S
Secondary: South Side Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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: Merle E. Loudon And M. L. And C. L. Sanstrom
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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 (Deposit): DISC. & 9 CLAIMS STAKED 1921. ACTIVE TO CA. 1940. RESTAKED 1963. 24 ACTIVE CLAIMS 1976. ESTIMATED $3500. IN AU PRODUCED FROM 135 TONS IN 1933. APPROX. 1600 FT DRIFT WITH 70 BY 40 FT STOPE ON VEIN; TRENCHES & OPEN PITS; 8-10 FT TUNNEL ON SOUTH-SIDE GROUP. LIGHT-RAIL TRAM BUILT 1923 FROM GOULDING HBR TO MINE (5 MI). CLYDE GROUP ASSUMED TO BE EXTENSION OF COBOL DEPOSIT. COMPOSED OF FISSURE-TYPE QTZ VEIN ALONG QTZ DIORITE-GREEN- STONE CONTACT. USGS CRIB A003113 USGS CRIB A003131 USGS CRIB A003146
References
Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 12
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 360629
Reference (Deposit): B929 pp. 142-143
Reference (Deposit): B963A p. 23
Reference (Deposit): B1058E pp. 143, 209-210, 213
Reference (Deposit): ADGS AR 1966a p. 54
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 143
Reference (Deposit): B1246
Reference (Deposit): MF467
Reference (Deposit): OF81-122
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 p. 17
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. F-23
Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 25
Reference (Deposit): B773d pp. 72, 114, 121-123
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 10
Reference (Deposit): B800 pp. 346, 378
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 114-054
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 114-082
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