The Mahoney is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 66 feet.
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Mine Info
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Mahoney MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mahoney
Secondary: Van 1-10
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Fee Ownership
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Van And Des Moore
Production
Year: 1947
Description: Zn-Pb Concentrate; Mill Feed 4-10% Zn 50000 Pounds Concentrate
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Mica
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY DISCONTINUOUS AND OF VARIABLE ORIENTATION MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW UNDERGROUND. PROPERTY ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS ASHE GROUP. PAST PROD. LISTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 ST. NO GRADE GIVEN. RESERVES TAKEN FROM USGS BUL. 998-C, P.82. MINE ACQUISITION: $750. EXPLORATION: $900. DEVELOPMENT: $9000. MINE EQUIPMENT: $44,845 MINE WORKING CAPITAL: $5385. MILL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT: $46,875. MILL WORKING CAPITAL: $4688. MNLZN CONTROLLED BY FAULTS, ALTHOUGH OF MS NATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): B592e pp. 88-90
Reference (Deposit): C252 p. 6
Reference (Deposit): OF81-122
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. F-70
Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1947b p. 1286
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 120-006
Reference (Deposit): P1 pp. 63-64
Reference (Deposit): B347 pp. 150-151
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