The Owl is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 61.1444, -146.52560
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Owl MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Owl
Secondary: Pulver & Baker
Secondary: Thompson-Ford
Secondary: Oregon
Secondary: Washington
Secondary: Silver Falls
Secondary: Foaming Falls
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: George Polver And E. J. Baker
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1914
Owner Name: Owl Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1911
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHIPMENT OF ORE MADE 1913 (B 622). USGS CRIB A003805 working consist of two adits; the lower adit is 134m-long with 30.5 and 7.6m.-long drifts and a 45.7 m. raize 18.3 m. below the asllar of the raize, the upper adit is 30.5 m. long with a 6.1 m. shaft and 4.6 m. of drifts.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 086-083
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 086-084
Reference (Deposit): B520h p. 125
Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B592k p. 239
Reference (Deposit): B622j pp. 180-181
Reference (Deposit): B622i pp. 177, 180-181, 192
Reference (Deposit): B662h p. 192
Reference (Deposit): MF438
Reference (Deposit): MR32
Reference (Deposit): B1139 363 pp.
Reference (Deposit): BMOF69-73
Reference (Deposit): OF80-892B
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality V-55).
Reference (Deposit): MIRL 27 p. 109.
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