Snipe 1096-1100

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

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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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