Nos. 1-3 Above

The Nos. 1-3 Above is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 249 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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