The French is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 60.8444, -149.51390
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French MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: French
Secondary: Kenai Star
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: F. S. Pettyjohn
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1973
Production
Year: 1980
Description: Total Reported Production 24 Oz. Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB A002996 LESS THAN 60 M OF WORKINGS. SEVERAL TONS ORE MINED 1922, DID NOT PROVE PROFITABLE. Workings consist of a 18.3 m. long adit at the 686 m. elevation, a 36.6 m. long inaccessable adit at the 671 m. elevation, and trenching. TOTAL REPORTED PRODUCTION; 24 oz. Au.
References
Reference (Deposit): B773a p. 38
Reference (Deposit): B849I pp. 501-503, plate 36 No. 11
Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 30
Reference (Deposit): BMOF83-81
Reference (Deposit): MF880A
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality S-296).
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-134
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 095-136
Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 38
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 63
Reference (Deposit): B587 p. 171
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