The Robert Forbes is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 3,406 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,406 Feet (1,038 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 58.4189, -135.50690
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Robert Forbes MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Robert Forbes
Secondary: Excursion Inlet
Secondary: White Nos. 1-12
Secondary: Mary Sorabia
Secondary: Peak 3404
Secondary: White
Secondary: Washington Alaska
Secondary: Wilson
Secondary: White Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Joe White
Secondary: Leonard Davis
Secondary: Shorty Wilson
Secondary: Frank Wilson
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1909
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
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Reference): RATAJ, 1975, NOS. 64-66, 196, 231 (BM UNPB NOTES)
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 112-107
Reference (Deposit): PE112-19 pp. 1-3
Reference (Deposit): MIRL 28 p. 129
Reference (Deposit): OF78-494 p. C359, plates 1A, 1B, 2
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