The Egnaty Creek is a mercury mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 699 feet.
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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: 699 Feet (213 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 61.8569, -157.86670
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Egnaty Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Egnaty Creek
Secondary: Egnaty Creek 1-12
Secondary: Egnaty Creek 13-38
Secondary: No. 1 Cinnabar-No. 9 Cinnabar
Secondary: Jack Creek
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: John Murphy And George Willis
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Exploration): 38 CLAIMS STAKED 1966-1970. ACTIVE 1974.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 082-026
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 082-027
Reference (Deposit): BMOF16-68
Reference (Deposit): MF368
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