The Blue Goose Mining Company is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 259 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 259 Feet (79 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.0092, -163.65250
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Blue Goose Mining Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Goose Mining Company
Secondary: Northern Light Mining Company
Secondary: Ophir Creek Trib. Niukluk R.
Secondary: Ophir Gold Dredging Company
Secondary: Flume Dredging Company
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1906
Description: 5805 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 725 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
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
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOLD DISCOVERED 1897; MINING REPORTED ANNUALLY UP TO 1940, DREDGING UP TO 1968. MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY IN SOLOMON QUAD. 8 TYPES OF MINING USED. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS IN THIS QUAD. STREAM AND BENCH PLACER ON BEDROCK OF CALCAREOUS SCHIST AND LIMESTONE CONTAINING QTZ AND CALCITE VEINS WITH SULFIDES AND VISIBLE AU: VEINS PROBABLE SOURCE OF GOLD. MAJOR PRODUCER IN COUNCIL DISTRICT. MOST PRODUCTION ON CREEK IN SOLOMON QUAD. REFERENCE POINT AT CONFLUENCE OF CROOKED AND OPHIR CREEKS.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-126
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-127
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-128
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-131
Reference (Deposit): B328 pp. 235-236, 242-250, 261-263
Reference (Deposit): B442r p. 343
Reference (Deposit): B520t p. 342
Reference (Deposit): B592u pp. 388, 391-392
Reference (Deposit): OF75-429
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