Owl

The Owl is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,500 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: 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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