Quartz Hill Moly

The Quartz Hill Moly is a molybdenum mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,651 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Quartz Hill Moly
Secondary: Quartz Hill
Secondary: Jes 1-1074
Secondary: Gower 1-3

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Monument
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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Cominco American Inc.
Company ID: 5001230
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1992
Years: 1992 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Flotation
Discovery Year: 1974
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L

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: Feldspar
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TOTAL CLAIMS STAKED IN AREA=1077. ROAD NEEDED IS 4 MILES WATER SUPPLY IS 2 TO 4 MILES ELECTRICAL SUPPLY MUST BE GENERATED AT MINE SITE KETCHIKAN APPROX. 45 MI (72 KM) AWAY IS MAIN SUPPLY BASE BY END OF 1976 A TOTAL OF 140 DRILL HOLES COMPLETED REC. 050- 1976 EXPLORATION COST AT $1700000 (SOV-REC.720) US BORAX SOLD PATENTED CLAIMS TO COMINCO IN 1991

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PUBLISHED ESTIMATES ARE 115 MILLION MT. OF RESERVES AT 0.12 MO; E/MJ 8/79, P.88. BASED ON 250,000 FT. OF DIAMOND DRILLING U.S. BORAX ESTIMATES THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS MORE THAN 1.4 BILLION ST OF MINABLE ORE GRADING 0.136% MOS2 INCLUDING 300 MILLION ST OF NEAR

Comment (Reserve-Resource): R1=M1C1. R2=M1C2. CUT-OFF GRADE IS SET AT 0.07% MOS2.

References

Reference (Deposit): KETCHIKAN D 770211

Reference (Deposit): AK ECON RPT 770315

Reference (Deposit): ECON G 7706 p. 742

Reference (Deposit): AK INSIDE 771228

Reference (Deposit): AC&O 7809 pp. 21-28

Reference (Deposit): IC8789 pp. 24-27

Reference (Deposit): AK J COMM 790122

Reference (Deposit): AC&O 7902 p. 1

Reference (Deposit): SE AK EMPIRE 790221

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7904 p. 35

Reference (Deposit): SE LOG 7904

Reference (Deposit): MIN ENG 7905 pp. 475-476

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 85, No. 241

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7908 pp. 86-89

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOUR 790810 p. 105

Reference (Deposit): AK J COMM 790903

Reference (Deposit): AK J COMM 791203

Reference (Deposit): AK INSIDE 791205

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOUR 791221

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 8001 p. 35

Reference (Deposit): AK J COMM 800107

Reference (Deposit): AK INSIDE 800109

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 8003 p. 13

Reference (Deposit): MIN MAG 8004 pp. 311-312

Reference (Deposit): OF81-122

Reference (Deposit): ECON G 8108 pp. 1225-1232

Reference (Deposit): AC&O 8109 pp. 12-16

Reference (Deposit): SE LOG 8110 pp. 20-21

Reference (Deposit): AK FISH J 8112 pp. 24-27

Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 pp. 14, 26, 27

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. F-73

Reference (Deposit): US BORAX 8205

Reference (Deposit): AK BUS & IND 8207 pp. 17-19

Reference (Deposit): N MINER 820819 pp. B7-B8

Reference (Deposit): SE LOG 8209 p. A9

Reference (Deposit): SR31 pp. 1, 7, 15

Reference (Deposit): SR33 p. 19

Reference (Deposit): SR38 pp. 19, 47

Reference (Deposit): KETCHIKAN D 770210

Reference (Deposit): AK ECON RPT 790515

Reference (Deposit): AK J COMM 790903 p. 1

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 120-157

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 120-158

Reference (Reserve-Resource): US BORAX 8205 p. 2

Reference (Deposit): SE AK EMPIRE 751223

Reference (Deposit): KETCHIKAN D 760317

Reference (Deposit): SE AK EMPIRE 760322

Reference (Deposit): N MINER 760325 p. 6

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOUR 760326 p. 249

Reference (Deposit): AK INDUSTRY 7604 p. 17

Reference (Deposit): AC&O 7605

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7605 p. 17

Reference (Deposit): MIN MAG 7605

Reference (Deposit): KETCHIKAN D 760609

Reference (Deposit): SE AK EMPIRE 760831

Reference (Deposit): AK ECON RPT 761101 p. 2

Reference (Deposit): KETCHIKAN D 770131

Reference (Deposit): KETCHIKAN D 770208

Reference (Deposit): AK INSIDE 770209

Reference (Deposit): KETCHIKAN D 770209

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