The Blackjack is a zinc mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 299 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: 299 Feet (91 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 60.9606, -147.38030
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Blackjack MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackjack
Secondary: Ceder Bay Zinc Mine
Secondary: Wells Bay Copper and Gold Mining Co
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Eugene Ames
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1910
Owner Name: Dominick Vietti, Jim Dolan, And George L. Johnson
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1917
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings consist of one adit with 10.1 m. of drifts and 2.7 m. of crosscuts. A second adit contains a 76.2 m. crosscut and 9.1 m. of drift.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-260
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-097
Reference (Deposit): B662h p. 185
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 63-73.
Reference (Deposit): B1139 363 pp.
Reference (Deposit): I273
Reference (Deposit): PE95-16 7 pp.
Reference (Deposit): BMOF83-81 229 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B963B pp. 47-80.
Reference (Deposit): MF880A # 184.
Reference (Deposit): I1150
Reference (Deposit): BMOF69-73
Reference (Deposit): BM UNPB
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-115).
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