Bear Cave 1-4

The Bear Cave 1-4 is a tin mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,850 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bear Cave 1-4
Secondary: Foster
Secondary: Midnight Mountain

Commodity

Primary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Dave Foster
Percent: 100.0
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

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): DAVE FOSTER STAKED FOUR LODE CLAIMS 1969. ASSESSMENT WORK 1970 AND 1971 CONSISTED OF SAMPLING, GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING, HELICOPTER, DIAMOND DRILLING AND GEOPHYSICAL PROFILES. BEDROCK IS PRE-ORD. SLATE, SCHIST, AND SCHISTOSE LIMESTONE (INTRUDED BY MAFIC ROCKS) IN THRUST-FAULT CONTACT W/YOUNGER PALEOZOIC CARBONATE ROCKS; INTRUDED BY GRANITIC STOCK, WHICH HORNFELSED ROCKS; FOLLOWED BY EPISODE OF MOVEMENT ON HIGH ANGLE FAULTS. ALTERED ZONE, WITH ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS OF MANY METALS OCCURS ON MIDNIGHT MOUNTAIN.

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-216

Reference (Deposit): MF417

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