The Nos. 1-3 Above is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 249 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 249 Feet (76 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.8622, -163.08330
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Nos. 1-3 Above MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nos. 1-3 Above
Secondary: Old Glory Creek
Secondary: Vernas Hope 1-2
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fields Exploration Co.
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1978
Production
Year: 1949
Description: 10 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 7,200 Yards Processed. 99 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 15,644 Yards Processed. 29 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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): RECORDED PROD. BEFORE 1950: 99 OZ AU, 10 OZ AG (USBM FILES). BEDROCK CHANGES FROM LIMESTONE TO NATURAL RIFFLES FORMED BY ORIENTATION OF SCHISTOSITY OF SCHIST IN AREA. QUARTZ LENSES AND STRINGERS IN SCHIST ARE PROBABLE SOURCE OF GOLD. GRAVEL IS SCHIST WITH SOME QUARTZAND LIMESTONE. CONCENTRATE CONTAINS PYRITE, HEMATITE AND CASSITERITE. REF. POINT IS LOCATED AT CONFLUENCE OF OLD GLORY CREEK AND PINNEL RIVER.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-048
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-119
Reference (Deposit): P10 p. 51
Reference (Deposit): B225 pp. 77-78
Reference (Deposit): B229 p. 29
Reference (Deposit): B247 pp. 51, 54-56
Reference (Deposit): B260b p. 181
Reference (Deposit): B284n p. 140
Reference (Deposit): B284o p. 157
Reference (Deposit): B379r pp. 355, 357
Reference (Deposit): B692w p. 353
Reference (Deposit): TDM5R p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B1141C p. 94
Reference (Deposit): P610 p. 17
Reference (Deposit): MF417
Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 41
Reference (Deposit): B1374 p. 71
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