M.S. 1277

The M.S. 1277 is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 919 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: M.S. 1277
Secondary: Six Pup
Secondary: No. 6 Above 2nd Tier
Secondary: No. 1-2 Above Gold Run Disc.
Secondary: Ferron Fraction
Secondary: Bonanza Group
Secondary: Nos. 1-2 On Goldbottom Creek
Secondary: Gold Run Group
Secondary: Little Creek
Secondary: Goldbottom Creek
Secondary: Ten Pup
Secondary: M.S. 1278
Secondary: M.S. 1279
Secondary: No. 11 Above
Secondary: Discovery On Ten Pup
Secondary: No. 1 Above Disc. On Ten Pup
Secondary: Fothergill Assn.
Secondary: Fothergill Assn. M.S. 1275
Secondary: No. 1 Above Gold Run Assn.
Secondary: No. 2 Above Gold Run
Secondary: No. 1-4 Above Gold Run
Secondary: No. 3 Above Gold Run
Secondary: Sayles Fraction
Secondary: North Star
Secondary: Nos. 1-3 Below Bonanza
Secondary: Bonanza Side Claim
Secondary: Fothergill Side Claim No. 1
Secondary: Fothergill Side Claim No. 2
Secondary: Discovery
Secondary: Discovery Bench
Secondary: No. 12 Above Gold Run
Secondary: Gold Run Assn.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten

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: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Joe V Degnan
Percent: 6.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977

Owner Name: Ivor C. Carlson
Percent: 90.00
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1977

Owner Name: Moss And Larson Mng. Co. (Attn. H. Donnelly).
Percent: 4.00
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1977

Production

Year: 1926
Description: 884 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1925
Description: 720 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 800 Yards Processed. 845 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 5,337 Yards Processed. 1162 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 5,148 Yards Processed. 1929 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 26,500 Yards Processed. 1367 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 9,966 Yards Processed. 1118 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 189 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 110 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1928
Description: 726 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 83 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1936
Description: 56,631 Yards Processed. 986 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 439 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 25 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 102 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1933
Description: 36 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1933
Description: 182 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 76,889 Yards Processed. 2259 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 342 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 70,000 Yards Processed. 1837 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 592 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 55,160 Yards Processed. 3052 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 653 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 3410 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1966
Description: 37 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1966
Description: 14,307 Yards Processed. 207 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 52 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 1,500 Yards Processed. 284 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 67 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 5,926 Yards Processed. 351 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 60,000 Yards Processed. 2395 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 188 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 943 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 31 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 169 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1943
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1943
Description: 30 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 477 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 2485 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1937
Description: 163 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1937
Description: 770 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 180 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1952
Description: 447 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 31 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 3,000 Yards Processed. 168 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 97 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 2,400 Yards Processed. 525 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 440 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 10,000 Yards Processed. 364 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 233 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 15,670 Yards Processed. 1239 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 15 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1965
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1965
Description: 932 Yards Processed. 41 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1964
Description: 2,222 Yards Processed. 79 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1963
Description: 28 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1963
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 152 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1962
Description: 49 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1962
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 257 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 37 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 7,000 Yards Processed. 205 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 55 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 7,500 Yards Processed. 299 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 27 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 245 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 394 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 1,222 Yards Processed. 785 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 53 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1918
Description: 568 Yards Processed. 507 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 136 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 2,221 Yards Processed. 1035 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1916
Description: 4,741 Yards Processed. 747 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1915
Description: 19 Yards Processed. 59 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1957
Description: 121 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1957
Description: 46,330 Yards Processed. 634 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 69 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
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 (Deposit): M.S. 1277 ISSUED 1927- 29.50 ACRES- PAT.# 1007857- CARLSON. M.S. 1278 ISSUED 1927- 28.65 ACRES- PAT.# 994126 - CARLSON. M.S. 1279 ISSUED 1927- 19.54 ACRES- PAT.# 994390- CARLSON. M.S. 1275 ISSUED 1927- 120.20 ACRES- PAT.# 994124- DEGNAN. M.S. 1276 ISSUED 1927- 38.26 ACRES- PAT.# 994125-MOSS&LARSON PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1967: 37,681 OZ. OF GOLD, 6,120 OZ. OF SILVER (USBMAFOC FILES).

References

Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 33.

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-010

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-012

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-013

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-020

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-030

Reference (Deposit): B857A pp. 32-33, 51

Reference (Deposit): B864A pp. 37-38, 57

Reference (Deposit): B864C pp. 181-184

Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 38, 59

Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 41-42, 61

Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 50, 71

Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 51, 76

Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 49, 75

Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 45, 71

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 41, 68

Reference (Deposit): TDM1 pp. 39, 42

Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 28

Reference (Deposit): MF367

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 82

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 61

Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 62

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 65

Reference (Deposit): B642l pp. 249-250, 265

Reference (Deposit): BMB142 p. 25

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 58

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B739a p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B754 p. 105

Reference (Deposit): B755a pp. 43-44

Reference (Deposit): B792a pp. 18, 25

Reference (Deposit): B797a pp. 20, 30

Reference (Deposit): B810a pp. 26, 40

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 31

Reference (Deposit): B824a pp. 35, 52

Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 35, 54

Reference (Deposit): B844A pp. 35-36

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-001

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-003

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-004

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-009

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 064-032

Reference (Deposit): B379o pp. 239, 256, 263-265

Reference (Deposit): B410 pp. 22-23, 64, 72-74

Reference (Deposit): B480m pp. 247-249

Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B542m pp. 296-299

Reference (Deposit): B578 pp. 35-37, 39

Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 70

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