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Portland

The Portland is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 164 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

Name: Portland

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation: 164 Feet (50 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 55.6653, -132.01860

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Satelite image of the Portland

Portland MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Portland
Secondary: Quartzite Ledge
Secondary: Hoffman
Secondary: Keystone
Secondary: Sleeping Beauty Mine
Secondary: Midnight Sun
Secondary: Peterson-Wixon-Arwik Group
Secondary: Gold Standard
Secondary: Bert Libe
Secondary: Bert Libe Property
Secondary: Sleeping Beauty Mng. Co., Inc.
Secondary: Beat Lode
Secondary: Helm Bay King
Secondary: Bugge Lake
Secondary: Cleveland Peninsula
Secondary: Melville
Secondary: Alexander
Secondary: Bradley
Secondary: London
Secondary: Smuggler Cove
Secondary: Helm Bay Mining Co.
Secondary: Libe's Blue Jay
Secondary: Puzzler
Secondary: Alaska Gold Standard
Secondary: Wixon and Peterson
Secondary: Arwick
Secondary: Bear Lake
Secondary: Bugge and Rogers
Secondary: Gold Coin Group
Secondary: Free Gold Group
Secondary: Alaska
Secondary: Bonanza
Secondary: Helm Bay King Gold Mine
Secondary: Cy Perkins
Secondary: Portland Group
Secondary: Blue Jay
Secondary: Seattle
Secondary: Minnetonka
Secondary: Stensland Property
Secondary: A.H. Stensland
Secondary: Almina Stensland
Secondary: Helm Bay
Secondary: Beat Group
Secondary: Juan Munoz
Secondary: Gold Belt North No. 1-8

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kmd

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Discovery Year: 1901
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): USGS CRIB A000786 USGS CRIB A000796 USGS CRIB A000802 USGS CRIB A000834 USGS CRIB A000835 USGS CRIB A000721 USGS CRIB A000823 USGS CRIB A000864 MISMARKED AS SLEEPING BEAUTY ON USGS 119C1 MAP. PORTLAND ALSO KNOWN AS BLUE JAY, HELM BAY KING. ORE SHOOTS EXPOSED IN MAIN WORKING PLUNGE TO THE NE.

References

Reference (Deposit): PE119-1

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 17

Reference (Deposit): IR HGW 37c p. 3

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 18

Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 380523 pp. 2-3, 10, 12

Reference (Deposit): PE119-12A

Reference (Deposit): PE119-13

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 22

Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 390507 pp. 9, 10

Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 400524 pp. 2-4

Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 16

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 16

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 18

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 16

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 16

Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 16-17

Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 360525 p. 4

Reference (Deposit): MR191-3 pp. 1-3

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 84, No. 236

Reference (Deposit): OF78-869 pp. 7, 24, 76-88, 110, 132-133, 166

Reference (Deposit): B347 pp. 153-157

Reference (Deposit): B592e pp. 86-87

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B642d p. 82

Reference (Deposit): B722a pp. 35-36

Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 23

Reference (Deposit): B773a pp. 10, 15

Reference (Deposit): B773d pp. 72, 128

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 20

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 19

Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 460611 p. 5

Reference (Deposit): IR HMF 500524 pp. 3-4

Reference (Deposit): B1139 pp. 66, 70-71, 73-75, 78

Reference (Deposit): B1108B p. 35

Reference (Deposit): GR17

Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 179

Reference (Deposit): SR1 pp. 6-8

Reference (Deposit): MIRL 28 pp. 78, 86-87, 90, 92, 96

Reference (Deposit): MIRL 24 p. 621

Reference (Deposit): MF433

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-119

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-120

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-121

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-122

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-123

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-124

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-125

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-127

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-159

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-162

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-182

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-183

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-286

Reference (Deposit): P1 pp. 57-60

Reference (Deposit): B284e pp. 44-45

Reference (Deposit): B314d p. 63

Reference (Deposit): B345e p. 92

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-035

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-091

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-116

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-118

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