Whitney

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

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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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