The Whitney is a molybdenum mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 98 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: 98 Feet (30 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 58.2597, -136.10690
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Whitney MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whitney
Secondary: Christmas
Secondary: Enterprise
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: State Of Alaska
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MOLY DISCOVERED 1916. 2 CLAIMS STAKED 1922 & PATENTED: MS 1428 PAT #891070. CLAIMS FORECLOSED TO TERRITORY 1957. WORKINGS: 78 FT TUNNEL & 25 FT CROSSCUT. NO ORE SHIPPED. COMPOSED OF MOLY STRINGERS & SOME DISSEMINATED MOLY IN A HORNFELSIC CONTACT BETWEEN WILLOUGHBY LS & QUARTZ DIORITE. CHALCOPYRITE PRESENT IN VEINS. FURTHER WORK RECOMMENDED IN 1942 BASED ON GEOLOGY.
References
Reference (Deposit): B1121K plate 1
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 145
Reference (Deposit): MF436
Reference (Deposit): P792 pp. 91, 92
Reference (Deposit): B926C pp. 176-177
Reference (Deposit): MR191-5 pp. 4-5
Reference (Deposit): IC7844 p. 12
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 111-022
Reference (Deposit): B504
Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 25
Reference (Deposit): B666P p. 98
Reference (Deposit): B714a p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 26
Reference (Deposit): B783b pp. 55-56
Reference (Deposit): B800 pp. 329-330, 340
Reference (Deposit): ECON G 3801 p. 74
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