The Snipe 1096-1100 is a copper and nickel mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 476 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
Elevation: 476 Feet (145 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Nickel
Lat, Long: 56.4236, -134.95470
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Snipe 1096-1100 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snipe 1096-1100
Secondary: Inspiration Development Co.
Secondary: Snipe Bay
Secondary: Snipe 899, 900, 976, 998, 1000
Secondary: Baranof Trust
Secondary: Snipe Bay Lode
Secondary: Snipe Bay Ni-Cu
Secondary: Vevelstad
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: PGE
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chichagof District
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Donald Mcdonald And David Johnson
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1984
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Flotation
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: Albite
Unknown: Hornblende
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Pentlandite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB W000355 LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (PP792). 4 CLAIMS 1922. 10 NEW CLAIMS 1939. CONTINUED INTERMITTENT STAKING. 156 ACTIVE CLAIMS 1977. 10 ACTIVE CLAIMS 1980. MAGNETITE, PYRRHOTITE, PENTLANDITE & CHALCOPYRITE DISSEM. & IN SMALL MASSES IN GABBRO OR NORITE INTRUSIVE WHICH CUTS QUARTZITE & SCHIST UNITS OF SITKA GRAYWACKE. WHOLE MAFIC BODY CONSIDERED AS ORE.
Comment (Names): OTHER NAMES:SAME AS MIRROR HARBOR.
Comment (Reference): KIMBALL, A.L., PRIVATE COMMUNICATION, 1983
References
Reference (Deposit): SR38 p. 46, No. 113
Reference (Deposit): B1223 pp. 13, 39
Reference (Deposit): ADGS AR 1966a p. 65
Reference (Deposit): B773d pp. 72, 95, 106-107, 110, 113
Reference (Deposit): B800 pp. 337, 348-351
Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 98
Reference (Deposit): B936M
Reference (Deposit): MR191-5 p. 5
Reference (Deposit): C252 p. 7
Reference (Deposit): IC7844 p. 12
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 116-016
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 116-032
Reference (Reserve-Resource): B936M p. 328
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SR38 p. 46
Reference (Deposit): B773a pp. 31, 37
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