The Nabesna Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 62.3708, -143.01530
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Nabesna Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nabesna Mine
Secondary: White Mountain
Secondary: Moonshine
Secondary: Sunshine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chisana
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: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ptarmigan Mining Co.
Percent: 75.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Alford, Yvonne M.
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1931
Discovery Year: 1924
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
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): M.S. 1591 ISSUED 1935 ON 330.57 ACRES; PAT #1079922. PROD. 1931-1940: $1,869,396 FROM 15,801 FT. OF WORKINGS. VEIN-TYPE DEPOSITS IN VICINITY OF CONTACT METASOMATIC AND REPLACEMENT-TYPE MINERALIZATION IN NABESNA LST (B933-B).
References
Reference (Deposit): B824a pp. 22-23
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 22
Reference (Deposit): B622k p. 224
Reference (Deposit): B630 pp. 90, 118
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 078-026
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 078-027
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 078-059
Reference (Deposit): B379j pp. 176-177
Reference (Deposit): B417 p. 58
Reference (Deposit): B480d p. 65
Reference (Deposit): B844C pp. 159-162
Reference (Deposit): B857A pp. 18-19
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 21
Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 21, 66
Reference (Deposit): B868C pp. 141-142
Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 21-22, 70, 72
Reference (Deposit): B880B pp. 103-104
Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 23-24, 80
Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 25-26, 85
Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 24, 87
Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 23-24, 80
Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 24, 76-77
Reference (Deposit): B933B
Reference (Deposit): B933Ba p. 168
Reference (Deposit): B943B pp. 45-46
Reference (Deposit): IC7379 p. 30
Reference (Deposit): OF51 p. 108
Reference (Deposit): C248 p. 7
Reference (Deposit): B989D pp. 66, 189-190, 201-203
Reference (Deposit): C348 pp. 3-4
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 205, 208-209
Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 30
Reference (Deposit): MF422
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 64
Reference (Deposit): OF77-169A
Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 83, No. 146
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. E-48
Reference (Deposit): SR33 p. 11
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 21
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